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

Ingo Scherzinger ingo at miamiwave.com
Fri Aug 13 12:49:18 CEST 2010


> 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.

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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