Hi,

I'm familiar with debian and have been running it as a server OS for many years. I took the leap and setup an Xubuntu 8.10 server.

The problem I have is that when no monitor is plugged in locally X starts in failsafe mode.

I want to run this as a headless box which I will vnc into.

What is the best way to prevent X starting in failsafe mode when no monitor is detected?

How can I prevent X or whatever from checking if a monitor is attached?

Lastly I'd like to thank mschemerii in the irc chatroom for attempting to help me, and breaking his own install of X at the same time. I hope he's OK as I've not heard back in several hours.

[edit] I'm not sure if this should be in desktop or install section. Please feel free to move thread if I've done it wrong.