I'm running a java application on my ubuntu server which refuses to open if it cannot open a window (the content of the windows is of no interest for me).
Since the server is not connected to any screen I don't want to have a full running x11 environment like openbox. Currently I'm forwarding this window over ssh to my pc but this way the program closes whenever I'm rebooting the pc.
What could be a good solution for this? (I'll never need to see the content of the window)
Ubuntu – X11 on server without forwarding
Ubuntux11
Related Solutions
For me, it has previously helped to erase .Xauthority-files. You should probably back them up.
mkdir ~/Xauth-old
mv ~/.X* ~/Xauth-old/
Further, in ~/.ssh/config you can avoid some other woes with authentication using
ForwardX11Trusted yes
Best Answer
Xvfb is an X server intended for situations like yours.