Suggestion: Disable X

Dadas · Post by **Dadas** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:52 am

Hello, i have a little suggestion: something like 'wine --no-x'
It should disable any X output
I need something like this, because i want to run Descent 3 dedicated server, however it creates status window so i can't run it in ssh

Thanks

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:45 am

Dadas wrote:Hello, i have a little suggestion: something like 'wine --no-x'
It should disable any X output

No. Wine already runs perfectly fine without X for true console apps.

Dadas wrote:i want to run Descent 3 dedicated server, however it creates status window so i can't run it in ssh

Then it can't run without gui. Most "console only" windows programs are not really 100% console only programs. They still use some gui elements, or use parts of windows that can't work without gui elements.

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:23 am

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Dadas <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello, i have a little suggestion: something like 'wine --no-x'
It should disable any X output

That is already available, like Vitamin said.

I need something like this, because i want to run Descent 3 dedicated server, however it creates status window so i can't run it in ssh
Thanks

Some Windows 'command line' programs are actually real Windows
programs and need to use Windows functions. That is why you see the
'status' window. It is a real Window and thus the program really does
run Windows code. Actual 32 bit 'DOS' programs use NO Windows GUI
code and thus do not 'pop up' any Winodws other than the one you
started the program in.

In other words, you are going to have to remote the X session from
Descent 3. man ssh is your friend here on how to 'blow back' the X
session to your local computer. ssh does have this capability, and if
you are running on a local Linux system, X is already there and ready
to help with displaying remote X. You don't have to have Windows
popping up on the remote server....

James McKenzie

Charles Davis · Post by **Charles Davis** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:03 am

On 4/5/11 6:52 AM, Dadas wrote:

Hello, i have a little suggestion: something like 'wine --no-x'
It should disable any X output
I need something like this, because i want to run Descent 3 dedicated server, however it creates status window so i can't run it in ssh

Try passing -Y when you run ssh, like so:

ssh -Y <hostname>

Then you should be able to run your Descent 3 server without needing to
disable X.

Chip

Dadas · Post by **Dadas** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:52 pm

i know about it, but then when i close ssh connection, server will end too

i already tried nohup and screen, it doesnt work

perryh · Post by **perryh** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:11 am

"Dadas" <[email protected]> wrote:

... when i close ssh connection, server will end too
i already tried nohup and screen, it doesnt work

It sounds as if what you need is a "null" X server: something
that pretends to be an X display, but actually has no display
hardware and just maintains a (small) memory array which it treats
as a simple frame buffer. I'm no X-pert, but it would not surprise
me at all if the X11 distribution contained something like this,
maybe among the examples or contributed software.

Charles Davis · Post by **Charles Davis** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:13 am

On 4/6/11 2:06 AM, [email protected] wrote:

"Dadas" <[email protected]> wrote:

... when i close ssh connection, server will end too
i already tried nohup and screen, it doesnt work
It sounds as if what you need is a "null" X server: something
that pretends to be an X display, but actually has no display
hardware and just maintains a (small) memory array which it treats
as a simple frame buffer. I'm no X-pert, but it would not surprise
me at all if the X11 distribution contained something like this,
maybe among the examples or contributed software.

It's called 'Xfake'.

Chip

Dadas · Post by **Dadas** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:00 am

Yay, that is what i need, where can i download amd64 .deb package or soucre? i googled it and found only rpm's

Jim Hall · Post by **Jim Hall** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:37 pm

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 2:01 AM, Dadas <[email protected]> wrote:

Yay, that is what i need, where can i download amd64 .deb package or
soucre? i googled it and found only rpm's

You may have to compile from source, convert the rpm (if possible), or use

debian tools to install the rpm (may have dependency issues).

Jim
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fracting · Post by **fracting** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:25 am

Hi Dadas,

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Dadas <[email protected]> wrote:

Yay, that is what i need, where can i download amd64 .deb package or
soucre? i googled it and found only rpm's

Would you like to try Xvfb ?
Maybe it is an alternative to Xfake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvfb

Xvfb is in Ubuntu repository.

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Dadas · Post by **Dadas** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:39 pm

xvfm works great! thank you guys

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:50 pm

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Dadas <[email protected]> wrote:

xvfm works great! thank you guys

Glad you found a solution.

Maybe this may be a subject for the Wine Wiki. I'll lookup the entire
thread and see what I can fashion out of this thread.

James McKenzie