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How to start headless X upon boot for non-root users in Debian
This is my working approach.
file /etc/systemd/system/john.service:
[Unit]
Description=xinit - user "john"
[Service]
User=john
Group=john
ExecStart=/usr/bin/xinit openbox-session -- /usr/bin/Xvfb :...
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Gtk Warning: cannot open display: :0 (for local user!)
You need to install xhost
for arch:
sudo pacman -S xorg-xhost
and then run:
xhost +
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Gtk Warning: cannot open display: :0 (for local user!)
From Ubuntu 16.04 onward, the DISPLAY is no longer on :0. It is on a number which can vary depending on how many users are simultaneously logged in to the console.
To resolve the problem, you need to ...
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Headless OpenGL rendering on Google Compute
I'm not sure if the same thing applies as your running totally headless but I recently set up a Cloud Compute instance for VNC and to get OpenGL to work I had to follow this guide and install ...
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XServer, remote Debian workstation
Your question raise a number of concepts whose detailed discussion require more than a book (...as most of those "concepts" originated in the early days of XWindow and evolved up to current days...).
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XServer, remote Debian workstation
On the client you'll need enough OS to boot, load libraries, manage the local video/keyboard/mouse, and run a X server. On the remote headless box, do your regular install of whatever you want and ...
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