Post date: Mar 13, 2013 11:34:31 PM
Last night I had a problem when I was building up my new Media / everything system.
The little server that runs a ITX board and a VIA chip set.. I just installed Lubuntu after using Debian on my last one.. The whole deal was so I could get X to load on reboot.. (why did I need to do that? for Bluetooth audio)
However the problem that I ran in to was X would not load without a Screen plugged in.. This is bad, because I can't get the bluetooth agent to load, thus the audio does not work :(
Here is the solution:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1223504&p=7681232#post7681232
You need to edit your xorg.conf file and change the type to vesa.
This works for me, for my headless server (although I'm still stuggling to get the right resolution) - the vesa bit is the bit that helps
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Device"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Device"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection