Re: [PLUG] Looking for help with Ubuntu 14.04 on an HP 380 Gen8 server

Gavin,

Right now I am trying to connect to the server using VNC. The server is in our NOC so I am used to connecting from my Office. I use RealVNC viewer. I can connect but my screen is all grey and no desktop. I can look into it. I can run run a VM with the Xserver on my desktop. I just need the GUI desktop but it has to stay up all the time. Well at least for the first 6 months of this project. Then I can make them headless systems

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Gavin W. Burris <bug@wharton.upenn.edu> wrote:

Hi, John.

Have you considered not running X on this server system? Instead, SSH
in to the server with the -X option. Then run the VirtualBox command
to get the app GUI. This does require an X server on your local
desktop, though.

Mac X server: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/
Windows X server: http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/

Cheers.

On 12:19PM Mon 12/15/14 -0500, john boris wrote:
> I have a an HP 380 Gen 8 Server I am using to hos my VMs using VirtualBox
> Instances. I was running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on it but was having some issues.
> I upgraded the OS to 14.04.1 and now I no longer have a Desktop. I need the
> GUI desktop to run the Vbox Manager. I need to have the consoles available
> just for debugging purposes. The Guest OS are Legacy SCO boxes. I
> prototyped this on an older HP server under 10.x LTS and also protyped
> things on the 14.04 on this new server. It seems Unity is broken with my
> current configuration. I am wondering if anyone else out there has run into
> this or has some suggestions. This entire setup is to hold my Legacy
> systems as we move to a new SIS here at $WORK. It will also be a production
> setup for at least a year. HP says 14.04 will work (which it does ) but
> they say 14.04.1 they don't fully support yet.
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated.
>
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> John J. Boris, Sr.

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