Linux dedicated servers

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I already have the networking side of my game tested, and it’s been tested and works fine on Linux with xWindows, however it’s not working (at all) on my Ubuntu VPS, not seeming to give any errors or explanation why it’s not working, just loading Mono stuff and then (seemingly) closing instantly afterwards.

The VPS is a Ubuntu 14 VM, and it doesn’t have access to a hardware accelerated graphics card. I can’t use -batchmode -nographics since -batchmode needs Unity Pro, and -nographics doesn’t seem to change the result.

Any ideas why? Preferably without the solution being “buy Unity pro” or “switch to Windows”.

and you have Ubuntu > 10.10 and a hardware-accelerated graphics card? http://unity3d.com/unity/faq

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It's a VPS, I'm not even sure it has a graphics card, or if it does it's probably not super strong.

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Sounds like that might be why it's crashing out...

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I’ve been doing some research and it sounds like Unity really needs a videocard in order to work right. Bit of an issue for me, as I don’t have anywhere else to host the server, so for now I’m just saying “no official server”.

EDIT: Did some reading, sounds like -batchmode would solve this, but I cannot afford Unity Pro in order to use -batchmode, which means indie devs/hobbyists can’t make a headless server (which would come in handy for anyone who wants to make multiplayer games).