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Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #777, comment 7


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01/08/15 06:14:55 (6 years ago)
Author:
Antoine Martin
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  • Ticket #777, comment 7

    initial v1  
    331.aptitude install  xserver-xorg-video-dummy
    44(Of course, but I forgot in the first try!)
    5 2. Add the user who is going to be logging into the server to the proper group. I think this is the crucial step---doing this rather than changing the permission of /dev/tty8 and /dev/fb0
     52. Add the user who is going to be logging into the server to the proper group. I think this is the crucial step---doing this rather than changing the permission of {{{/dev/tty8}}} and {{{/dev/fb0}}}
     6{{{
    67adduser USERNAME video
    78adduser USERNAME tty
    89adduser USERNAME dialout
     10}}}
    9113. fully reboot. I skipped this step in the last try, which is why adding user didn't work. One need to log out as user and log back in to make it fully effective.
    10124. This may or may not be important: but I always start the xpra server over an ssh session *before* logging into any GUI session on the server. Otherwise it may complain about unable to get drm and fail.
    1113I start xpra on the server using this command:
    12 xpra --xvfb='Xorg -dpi 110 -noreset -nolisten tcp +extension GLX +extension RANDR +extension RENDER -logfile ${HOME}/.xpra/Xvfb-10.log  -config ${HOME}/.xpra/xorg.conf' --dpi=110 start :100 --bind-tcp=0.0.0.0:10000
     14{{{
     15xpra --xvfb='Xorg -dpi 110 -noreset -nolisten tcp +extension GLX +extension RANDR \
     16    +extension RENDER -logfile ${HOME}/.xpra/Xvfb-10.log  -config ${HOME}/.xpra/xorg.conf' \
     17   --dpi=110 start :100 --bind-tcp=0.0.0.0:10000
     18}}}
    1319The xorg.conf file is downloaded from xpra.org
    1420
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    1723After using xdummy, all the bounding and pop up window works properly. Thank you for making this nice piece of software!
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