CentOS - Jul 2010 - Enabling X on headless server via network

Hi all. I need to run X on a headless server, and I am having a hard
time configuring null devices in xorg.conf. Here are the server's
vital stats as per the getinfo.sh script on centos.org:
http://pastebin.centos.org/33908

When I try to start X:
[root at CentOS-55-32-minimal ~]# startx
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.11196


X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.el5 i686 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux CentOS-55-32-minimal
2.6.18-194.3.1.el5PAE #1 SMP Thu May 13 13:48:44 EDT 2010 i686
Build Date: 13 May 2010
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.1
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jul 26 01:12:22 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) NV(0): No valid initial configuration found
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
[root at CentOS-55-32-minimal ~]#



Right now xorg.conf is stock, I have removed all my failed
experiments. Should I post the logfiles? Note that my goal is to start
X, then ssh in and run Firefox remotely from a Fedora desktop. The
server itself has no monitor.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

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Dotan Cohen

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On 25 July 2010 16:15, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>
wrote:
> experiments. Should I post the logfiles? Note that my goal is to start
> X, then ssh in and run Firefox remotely from a Fedora desktop. The
> server itself has no monitor.
I'm not sure what you are trying to do. Using VNC server or ssh with
X11 tunneling (-X or -Y) would make more sense.
You don't need X itself running for either of these.
-- 
Hakan (m1fcj) - http://www.hititgunesi.org

Am 25.07.2010 17:15, schrieb Dotan Cohen:
> Note that my goal is to start
> X, then ssh in and run Firefox remotely from a Fedora desktop. The
> server itself has no monitor.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
>    
For that you do not need an X server on the remote machine all you need 
is X11 Forwarding in SSH. It needs to be enabled on the SSH Server 
(X11Forwarding option) and on the SSH client (command line options -Y or -X)

You only need to run an X server on the remote machine if you want to do 
XDMCP

+C