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Asked: 2015-04-11 20:07:00 +0800 CST

How to start Unity desktop on a headless machine?

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I am trying to get the Untiy desktop (That I am used to using) running on a Ubuntu box that is now headless.

I already have a fake desktop running via the Xorg dummy display driver. When I VNC into to it however it loads a desktop that just has a terminal.

Can anyone tell me how to get Unity to load despite having no monitor?

14.04

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  1. Unfortunately Unity will not load when running a VNC Virtual Mode session due to the requirement of 3D Graphics, you can run an alternative desktop window manager to get a graphical session however.

    To do this you will need to change the ~/.vnc/xstartup file (or /etc/vnc/xstartup if you do not have one)

    There are instructions on the RealVNC website for this.

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