As ever, thank you Ester. On 28 Jun 2010, at 22:57, Esther wrote: > Hi Dónal, > > According to the Mac-access list folks, who converted all their servers from > Windows to the Mac at the end of last year, you could run a mac Mini with SL > server on it without a monitor up through 10.6.2, but when 10.6.3 came out > you needed to connect a monitor. You could ask them for more details. Here's > the Mac-access mailing list info web page: > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/ > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jun 28, 2010, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > >> Brian I'm curious. When running Snow-Leopard server, does a monitor need to >> be connected? I'm half tempted to buy a mac Mini and run SL server on it, >> however, as I don't want to plug a monitor in, I won't bother if it needs >> one when running this version of the OS. >> >> Cheers >> >> Dónal >> On 28 Jun 2010, at 22:46, Bryan Smart wrote: >> >>> For a dongle, you'd need to have something custom-made, as there isn't >>> anything right now that I know of. Besides that, you'd need the mini >>> displayport to VGA adaptor from Apple. By the time you got through buying >>> those, you could have purchased a small LCD monitor for the same price. >>> >>> If the point is to be compact, and not to save money, then you can buy a >>> basic MacBook for about the same money. >>> >>> Bryan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Aman Singer >>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 8:08 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: RE: Using a Mac Mini without a monitor >>> >>> Thank you, Brian, this is sensible and I appreciate it. If I may ask, do >>> you know if the checks are made at launch and then not made again, or are >>> they made periodically? Secondly, we have heard that even an unplugged >>> monitor will do. Is this so with the newer machines, since I assume there >>> needs to be a response to the resolution check? That is, does one need a >>> monitor with power, or can one simply not power it on? >>> Finally, do you know of a dongle that would allow a cheap VGA monitor to be >>> hooked up or, alternatively, an adapter that would simply respond properly >>> to the checks you mention are going on? >>> Thanks. >>> Aman >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Smart >>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 5:45 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: RE: Using a Mac Mini without a monitor >>> >>> Because apps like Safari decide how much information that they can show at >>> once based on the current display resolution. The Mac determines the >>> available screen resolutions by determining the type of monitor that is >>> connected. When no monitor is connected, no screen resolution is defined, >>> and so any program that depends on screen resolution will go wacko, as it >>> thinks you have a screen with size 0. Can't fit a lot of information on a >>> screen with size 0. Most programmers never test for that situation, because >>> they can't test without some sort of monitor connected. Apple could fix >>> Safari, but that's just one program among many that will go bonkers with a >>> size 0 screen. >>> >>> On Windows, there is a way to tell it to ignore what it thinks is possible >>> for the monitor, and to just use a specific screen resolution. The Mac >>> doesn't have any way to bypass its sanity checking in that regard, at least >>> as far as I've been able to discover. Maybe there is some way to hack it in >>> from the terminal. I have a built-in screen on my MBP, and a monitor for my >>> Mac Pro, so i'm personally satisfied. Maybe someone that's motivated could >>> poke around and see if they can find a hack to manually force the mac to >>> use a specific screen resolution. >>> >>> Bryan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >
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