I’m relatively new to Linux and this is deeper than a usual topic into a stack I don’t know.
I have a server, it has a graphics card, and I already have steam running with GameScope so the whole app renders into a single frame buffer.
I just don’t know how the graphics/app pipeline plumbing needs to work to be able to run that headlessly and stream it, which would be my ideal situation.
For this to work you need a display to send through the network, but that display needs not be a physical one. So depending on your definition it can be run headless. If you meant without it being plugged to a display then yes, if you meant without having graphical stack installed then no (there would be no point to streaming display without a display).
… what exactly do you intend to stream without a display server running? Yes you can run it headless, but you still need x11 or wayland obviously.
I’m relatively new to Linux and this is deeper than a usual topic into a stack I don’t know.
I have a server, it has a graphics card, and I already have steam running with GameScope so the whole app renders into a single frame buffer.
I just don’t know how the graphics/app pipeline plumbing needs to work to be able to run that headlessly and stream it, which would be my ideal situation.
For this to work you need a display to send through the network, but that display needs not be a physical one. So depending on your definition it can be run headless. If you meant without it being plugged to a display then yes, if you meant without having graphical stack installed then no (there would be no point to streaming display without a display).