I have an old MBA which has a broken screen so is useless as a laptop. I've been using it as a home server and have had it running in a spare bedroom hooked up to an external monitor for a while with no problems.
I've since relocated it to the cupboard under the stairs as we had guest staying and didn't want it disturbing them. Also in the long term I like having it out of the way under the stairs.
My issue is since moving it to under the stairs the 24 inch monitor I had it hooked up too can't go with it. I didn't see this as a problem as I've got auto login set up and planned to just use screen sharing/VNC to jump on it if I need to do any admin tasks.
The trouble is I've noticed if I don't have the display connected I can't use screen sharing or VNC. I've also noticed if I have the display disconnected when I boot up I think the auto log on is failing as I can ping it on the network but none of the services come up.
Has anyone seen an issue like this before and know of any workarounds (short of buying a small screen and connecting it!). I've also tried connecting the display, booting up and using screen sharing which is fine, but them if I disconnect the screen I can't VNC onto it again without first connecting the display.
I've since relocated it to the cupboard under the stairs as we had guest staying and didn't want it disturbing them. Also in the long term I like having it out of the way under the stairs.
My issue is since moving it to under the stairs the 24 inch monitor I had it hooked up too can't go with it. I didn't see this as a problem as I've got auto login set up and planned to just use screen sharing/VNC to jump on it if I need to do any admin tasks.
The trouble is I've noticed if I don't have the display connected I can't use screen sharing or VNC. I've also noticed if I have the display disconnected when I boot up I think the auto log on is failing as I can ping it on the network but none of the services come up.
Has anyone seen an issue like this before and know of any workarounds (short of buying a small screen and connecting it!). I've also tried connecting the display, booting up and using screen sharing which is fine, but them if I disconnect the screen I can't VNC onto it again without first connecting the display.
