[PD] Start patch automatically on bootup with or without monitor (Ubuntu 10.04)

[cyrille henry]

Le 13/08/2010 12:49, Ingo Scherzinger a écrit :
>> is this really important?
>> i mean : if you start ubuntu graphical interface if no screen is pluged,
> why not
>> starting pd gui?
>
> I tried it but the patch didn't start.
maybe you also need to force a screen size.
what happen if you plug a screen after booting?

it's possible to have absolutely no difference if a screen is plugged or not.

c

>
> Ingo
>
>
>
>> Le 13/08/2010 11:46, Ingo Scherzinger a écrit :
>>> Hi everybody!
>>>
>>> @ José:
>>>
>>>> Hi, maybe is a lofi solution but works...need a cd...
>>>> I created an autorun cd on ubuntu...first create an empty file called
>>> “autorun”
>>>> and edit with gedit or wathever
>>>
>>> That might be a good idea if I had a cd-rom in the box but unfortunately
> I
>>> don't!
>>>
>>> @ Cyrille
>>>
>>>> depending on your gpu, you can override screen detection, so that your
>>> computer
>>>> start graphical interface when no screen is detected.
>>>> look for xorg configuration.
>>>
>>> That one is actually working. I had to add this to "xorg.conf"
>>>
>>> 	Section "Device"
>>> 	        ...
>>> 	        Option          "NoDDC" "1"
>>> 	EndSection
>>>
>>> This way Ubuntu wouldn't search for the screen. Now I only have to
> detect
>>> whether a screen is present or not and start the 2nd patch with "-gui"
> or
>>> "-nogui" . I think
>> is this really important?
>> i mean : if you start ubuntu graphical interface if no screen is pluged,
> why not
>> starting pd gui?
>>
>> c
>>
>>>
>>> [dmesg]
>>>        |
>>>    [shell]
>>>
>>> should somehow work for that.
>>>
>>> @ Bernardo
>>>
>>>> I don't know but maybe create a perl, python or bash script that
> creates 2
>>>> instances of PD, one with GUI and other without GUI?
>>>
>>> That won't change the fact that Ubuntu won't start up. Changing the
> command
>>> line to start the Pd patch is already good enough for that.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you all for your suggestions. I think Cyrille's way is the best
> way to
>>> go with my setup.
>>>
>>> Ingo
>>>
>>>
>>>>> 2010/8/12 Ingo Scherzinger<ingo at miamiwave.com>
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>
>>>>> is it possible to start a patch automatically on boot up containing
> both
>>> an
>>>>> audio and GEM patch either with or without a screen?
>>>>>
>>>>> I got a patch that contains some kind of gui working with GEM while
> the
>>> main
>>>>> audio patch doensn't need any graphics. All editing can be handled
> with a
>>>>> LCD remote unit.
>>>>> With the monitor connected everything works as expected. The problem
> is
>>> that
>>>>> Ubuntu (10.04) won't boot without any screen connected.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried not to start X and fluxbox and go directly to the Pd patches.
> That
>>>>> didn't work!
>>>>> It still only boots (in text mode) with the monitor connected.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any way to detect if a monitor is hooked up and connect to
> some
>>>>> kind of a "virtual monitor" if not?
>>>>>
>>>>> Could VNC be used for that? (Though I don't really need or want a
> remote
>>>>> desktop)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanx for any hints,
>>>>> Ingo
>>>
>>>
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