Hello! I converted an old laptop with a broken screen into a home server, and it all works well except for one thing: when I reboot it (via ssh), if no screen is connected, it will get stuck and refuse to boot. as soon as I connect an HDMI monitor, the fans will start spinning and it will start booting as usual. Then I can remove the HDMI and it will work flawlessly. I don’t know if this is a linux problem, a GRUB problem, or a firmware problem.
Any idea on how to solve this, or on how to fool it into thinking a screen is connected? The problem is not the lid switch as I removed the magnet from the screen, so it thinks the lid is always open
Thanks in advance!
A HDMI Dummy Plug?
I didn’t think this could actually exist, just ordered one! thanks!
It works great! I use one for a headless server for steam remote play.
There’s an evangelion joke here that i’m not clever enough to make
Get in the Laptop Shinji.
These are also good for headless servers. GPUs tend to not “kick-in” if they don’t think a monitor is connected.