[mythtv-users] Problems Running Headless MBE/FE with Fedora 15/Gnome 3

[Mark Boyum]

> My issue is how to get Gnome (and X) to boot without an attached monitor,
> keyboard, and mouse. I had it running on Fedora 13, but when I upgraded to
> Fedora 15 that /etc/X11/xorg.conf stopped working. I printed out my most
> recent /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/logXorg.0.log files in a previous post.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -- Mache

I found this on an Ubuntu forum but as it applies to the Nvidia
Xserver it may well work on Fedora as well.

Try adding the following to your xorg.conf file under the "Device" section:
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-1"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "TRUE"
Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "FALSE"
Option "UseEDIDDPi" "FALSE"
Option "ModeValidation" "NoEdidModes"

Hope that helps.
-Mark