Norbert Wenzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a local print server which is never doing anything except a few > print jobs. So I could run a [EMAIL PROTECTED] client on it. There are a few > tips > concerning headless servers (eg. use Batik) in the wiki, but I wanted > to ask if someone is running the client on a headless server. > > I did not have the time to really try it, but at the moment I failed > because of dumb Ubuntu packaging rules, where imagemagick and all > related packages require X. (I think that dependency has even a bug > number.) > > But I guess with a bit of self compiling and configuring the client > should run without any windows present on the server. > > Any tips, hints, experiences or opinions about that?
I have the client running on headless servers using Inkscape. Of course, Inkscape depends on X as well, but that doesn't mean you need to install an X server, the libraries are sufficient. I don't remember how many extra packages I needed to install, but I can live with it. This certainly wasn't worth the trouble to build and maintain my own packages. Inkscape only fails if $DISPLAY is set, but this should not be the case if X is not running (and you didn't log in with X forwarding active). I don't think ImageMagick is required to run the client. _______________________________________________ Tilesathome mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tilesathome
