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

["Gavin W. Burris" <bug@wharton.upenn.edu>]

Hi, John.

I highly recommend not running X on the server.  Closing it has no
effect on the running VMs.  As a bonus, not running X will free up
memory for your VMs.

Another option...  Maybe Unity is crashing while starting up in the VNC
server.  This can happen because VNC doesn't have all the same
extensions of a real X server.  I would suggest trying an alternate
window manager as a quick fix.  I recommend fluxbox as a light weight
and old-school wm.

Install the fluxbox package.  Edit the existing ~/.vnc/xstartup script on
the server and make the command fluxbox the only uncommented line.  Then
restart the VNC server.

Cheers.

On 12:32PM Mon 12/15/14 -0500, john boris wrote:
> 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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > John J. Boris, Sr.
> >
> > >
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University of Pennsylvania
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