How do I start a blank x-server?

[Michael Vasiliev]

Have you considered using xvfb and vnc to it, or you absolutely have to 
do it on a real display?

On 02/27/2012 09:05 PM, Micha wrote:
>
> For a project I'm working on at the moment, I need to be able to log 
> in remotely to a machine (via ssh) and start a blank x-server. That 
> is, to just initialize the display, with not cursor or window manager, 
> to allow for creating a single full screen window for display.
> I seem to recall that just running X as a user used to do it, up to 
> the no cursor part, leaving an empty (hetched) screen and running the 
> content of .xsession or something like that.
> Things on modern systems seems to have changed enough with all the 
> xsession / gdm / gnome etc. that it doesn't seem to happen properly.
>
> Any idea how I can achieve that on a modern system (red hat enterprise 
> desktop 6 in this case).
>
> thanks
>
>
>
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