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Quote from nanotecray

Hello,
i'm running a homeserver with debian 7 and without a desktop environment, i only use it via ssh.
The most programs like uTorrent and Minecraftserver are available guiless and are useable via ssh or webinterface.
I used vnc for jDownloader which is not able to work without a GUI.
(When it's running i use the webinterface to control it, i need vnc only to start.)

Is it possible to start Minecraft without a real desktop environment too?

I tried vnc, i can use the launcher normally, i can login, i can download a minecraft version,
but when i start it's loading and after e few seconds i get the error: "org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Could not choose visual"
Seems like it could not find a display, anybody knows a trick, maybe a JVM Argument to define vnc as display?

Any suggestions?
Greetings Ray

PS.: Here the script i use to start the Minecraft Launcher with VNC
(i edited a script i found on the internet to start jdownloader without a desktop environment)

#!/bin/bash

#Version 0.4 - Ray
# 0.1: first test
# 0.2: added resolution
# 0.3: added java programm
# 0.4: added memory

#directory
PDIR=/home/minecraft/
#display number
VNCSERVER_NUMBER=2
#resolution
DRESOLUTION=1280x720
#java memory (use m for megabyte and g for gigabyte)
MEMORY=512m
#java program
PROGRAM=KN_Launcher.jar


#vnc number
vncserver :$VNCSERVER_NUMBER -geometry $DRESOLUTION

#start vnc
export DISPLAY=localhost:$VNCSERVER_NUMBER

#start java program
java -Xmx$MEMORY -jar $PDIR/$PROGRAM &