Problems with ARD and headless MacMini (new 1,66 DualCore)

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Problems with ARD and headless MacMini (new 1,66 DualCore)

Hi,

i would like to set my brandnew MacMini 1,66 as webserver.

And there the problem starts: when the MacMini runs headless (without monitor attached) it thinks that there is a television attached and i get a very distorted screen when connecting via ARD 2.2. Attaching the DVI-VGA adapter does not help!

How can i tell the Mini to switch to a "normal" resolution without attaching a monitor?
I seems not to be very useful to connect a monitor to a computer that is supposed to run headless...

HELP!!!

1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor Mac OS X (10.4.7) ARD 2.2

G5 2x2 [orig], Mac OS X (10.4.1)

Posted on Sep 24, 2006 10:34 AM

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macbenutzer Author

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Oct 3, 2006 7:08 AM in response to macbenutzer

I made me a "Fake Monitor" to let the Mini think that a Monitor is attached - it works.

But it would be perfect to have a litte on/off button in the Monitor-System Prefs "Do you wish to run this Mac Mini headless: yes/no". To switch off the automatic Monitor or TV connection check.

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Dec 21, 2006 11:14 AM in response to macbenutzer

I have the exact same problem with two PowerMac G5's. I need to have full resolution on the remote G5 which has no monitor connected, but only get to choose between PAL and NTSC TV resolution. This is really annoying, and in my opinion a major bug in ARD 3.1 and below. Why is the user forced to see such a small remote window if the remote computer is capable of much more?

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