[In a message on Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:32:40 EST, "Erik Soderquist" wrote:] >I can't say for certain, but I think that may be the mac "intelligently" >turning off the display functions when it detects the monitor >disconnected. I've had almost no experience with macs though, this is >just a guess on my part.
Indeed, most mac's do look at the output of the monitor. For example, my powerbook only offers the difference NTSC resolutions when it's connected with the SVideo cable or adapter. Aren't they nice? The easy solution is to get a dongle. Depending on the mac, you can get one of the old-style Mac video to VGA adapaters, and that will let you run without a monitor. You could also use a KVM switch (my personal favorite, since sooner or later you *WILL* need to be on the monitor of the machine). Oooh, hay, a quick google of "headless mac video" turned up this: http://www.welovemacs.com/0101ghed.html Looks promising. There almost certainly is some insane terminal command you can use to force video output, but I'm too lazy to go google it myself. :-) Sean _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
