I have a computer with a monitor and network connection, but no keyboard.
When I turn on the computer, the screen shows virtual terminal number 1 (VT1).
Is there a way to run startx on VT1 through SSH?
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What are you trying to do? You want to have some sort of remote desktop through SSH? – phk Jan 23 '17 at 22:52
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`ssh -Y [email protected] startx` should open a local X session connected to an X server on the remote host. – DopeGhoti Jan 23 '17 at 23:05
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2@phk. Well, yes. Once I have X started, it's easy. Just set DISPLAY. The question is how to get there :) – X11 Jan 23 '17 at 23:05
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@DopeGhoti No. The goal is to have everything remote. The program and server. – X11 Jan 23 '17 at 23:06
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1for that, use `sudo init 5`. – DopeGhoti Jan 23 '17 at 23:07
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@DopeGhoti yes, with xdm and auto login – X11 Jan 23 '17 at 23:09
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1@x11: you can switch the virtual terminal from the command line using `chvt`. (e.g. `chvt 7` is equivalent to Ctrl+Alt+F7). If the issue is that it's on the wrong screen, that might help. – marinus Jan 23 '17 at 23:09
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@x11 -- X2go is a pretty cool tool that allows you to run X from a remote system using SSH. Might work for what you are talking about here.... – saleetzo Mar 26 '19 at 17:43
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FWIW I think this question is perfectly clear. [Here](https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/554603/118662) is a solution involving Systemd. – Metamorphic Dec 09 '19 at 13:35