Joggler as server

[meinnit]

I would like to use my Joggler as a server mainly to connect via SSH and run a few services. Is there any way to remove X totally and just run as a console server? How would screen timeout work?

[meinnit]

Just came across this:
http://birdslikewires.co.uk/articles/jogglerserver

Looks interesting although wifi doesn't work. Are there any other options?

[Mevi]

My most recent XP SP3 build3 (a few pages old on the forum) works as a tversity server and can serve up media and files via shared folders. You can VNC in if you like, too.

[meinnit]

That wouldn't work for me unfortunately. The reason I want a console only server without a GUI is to leave as much RAM free for services. I get about 250MB free on a clean XUbuntu install which isn't bad but i would like to squeeze a bit more.

[roobarb!]

Just came across this:

http://birdslikewires.co.uk/articles/jogglerserver

Looks interesting although wifi doesn't work. Are there any other options?

You just need to install wpa_supplicant and wireless-tools and configure it. The kernel driver for the wireless card isn't necessarily the best, but it does generally work. If you have connectivity issues, you can use the rt2870sta-dkms from BuZz's invaluable Launchpad PPA for the Joggler.

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sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant wireless-tools

That's a proper Ubuntu Server install, so there's no wireless config tools on it by default. A bit of Googling should explain how to use wpa_supplicant to get you connected.

[meinnit]

You just need to install wpa_supplicant and wireless-tools and configure it. The kernel driver for the wireless card isn't necessarily the best, but it does generally work. If you have connectivity issues, you can use the rt2870sta-dkms from BuZz's invaluable Launchpad PPA for the Joggler.

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sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant wireless-tools

That's a proper Ubuntu Server install, so there's no wireless config tools on it by default. A bit of Googling should explain how to use wpa_supplicant to get you connected.

Thanks for that. Did you put together this distro? Looks good!

Do you know if the XUbuntu 1.1 release for the Joggler uses wpa_supplicant because I find the wireless on that quite unreliable.

[roobarb!]

Thanks for that. Did you put together this distro? Looks good!

Well, insomuch as I installed Ubuntu Server and re-used BuZz's hard work.

If you want a really slim install, use the new 'System v1.06' from the Reflash Tool. That's built using debootstrap, so there's barely anything set up on it. That's both a good and bad thing, depending on your application and Linux knowledge.

Do you know if the XUbuntu 1.1 release for the Joggler uses wpa_supplicant because I find the wireless on that quite unreliable.

It'll use wpa_supplicant in some capacity, but there'll be a GUI network manager controlling the whole thing as well. It won't be wpa_supplicant causing any reliability issues, though.