How do I boot headless system (system without monitor attached) in GUI mode?

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Issue

  • I have a system where no monitors are attached to it
  • I need to boot this system in GUI mode and access its desktop remotely
  • Is there any way I can start GUI on physical system without monitor attached to it?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • gdm

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