[Lazarus] Compiling lazarus in a headless server

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Michael Schnell wrote:
> On 10/30/2010 11:37 PM, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote:
>> Hi, I would like to know if anyone has compiled Lazarus in a headless
>> machine.
> I did a lot of research on that behalf (additional issue for me: it 
> would not be an X86 machine).
> 
> Some results:
> 
> Latest results and most important result: It does not make much sense to 
> search for a solution in user software, as nowadays any decent machine 
> has enough resources to allow for a widget set (QT or GTK) and an X 
> server, that can be accesses remotely via VNC or NX.
> 
> So here are the options i found (decreasing viability)
> 
>  A) remotely access a local X server: VNC or (supposedly better) NX
> you locally need a widget set (QT or GTK) unless you use the FPGUI 
> widget type) and an X server

I usually work over VNC since most machines here are headless. I've seen 
a few problems which I think are down to things like dpi mismatch but in 
general it works well.

>  B) access a remote X server (remote Linux: Standard, remote Windows: 
> there are some free X-Servers)
> you locally need a widget set (QT or GTK) unless you use the FPGUI 
> widget type). The user software can only run if a remote X server is 
> accessible. It needs to be started vis telnet or SSH

I've not done this very much since gtk v2 became preferred since Lazarus 
(and a few other programs) had performance issues for a while. I've seen 
recent problems with KDE v4 on a headless system which seems to assume 
that the remote X server (i.e. the "X terminal" running on the computer 
in front of me) has extensions and colour depth which might not be 
available on older systems.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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