IIRC Weston also doesn't start if there is no input attached while Xorg boots without issues.
That makes Weston not an ideal place for dumb clients connected to the internet actively showing infos, ads, weather, alarms, through a screen but not listening to any inputs. Regards On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Simon Eigeldinger <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi Pekka, > > Thanks for the info. > So i might knock at gnome's door then. > > Greetings, > Simon > > > > Am 13.03.2017 um 10:48 schrieb Pekka Paalanen: > >> On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 19:48:59 +0100 >> Simon Eigeldinger <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >>> >>> I sent this message to the x server mailing list as well because i >>> figured out that the server doesn't start the desktop because of no >>> screen being connected. >>> so i am asking this on the wayland list as well. >>> >>> ------ Snip ------ >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am a blind person from austria. >>> I am using the computer often without a screen. >>> I figured out on many distros there are issues with the desktop without >>> a screen. >>> Seems the desktop isn't coming up when no screen is connected? >>> I read in the arch wiki that this is caused by the screen auto config >>> function of the server. >>> can that be worked around? >>> I wanted to install a system on a machine but the live dvd seems not to >>> come up because of this. >>> Is there something i can specify at boot? for example some parameters i >>> can enter at the boot menu? >>> >>> For people using no screen this is pretty frustrating. >>> >>> greetings and thanks for helping, >>> Simon >>> >>> ------ Snip ------ >>> >>> In my opinion we need to get that working even without a screen. >>> >> >> Hi, >> >> personally I can only offer a very short answer: it is up to each >> display server to support a case of no screens. >> >> In a Wayland-based desktop environment, it is literally up to the >> desktop environment project since they provide their own display >> servers, also known as Wayland compositors. >> >> >> Thanks, >> pq >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> wayland-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel >> >> > -- > Simon Eigeldinger > Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/domasofan/ > E-Mail: [email protected] > MSN: [email protected] > ICQ: 121823966 > Jabber: [email protected] > > > --- > Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > wayland-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel >
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