I have a machine running Ubuntu Server 12.10; this is server, not desktop, so command line only. The CRT monitor fried. I have an old LCD monitor, but it only accepts 800x600 resolution at 60Hz. I'm trying to get that working as the console. I can get in via SSH using PuTTY from a Windows machine, but that's not a long term solution for a few reasons. This monitor does display BIOS POST, and the Grub menu, but does not display the login prompt.
I tried "sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup" but that just has encoding, character set, font, and font size. Nothing for console resolution. I tried editing /etc/default/console-setup to add "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=800x600". The console is visible during POST, and the GRUB menu, but then changes to an unsupported mode.
I haven't even looked at anything that could be put in .profile because I don't get that far. I can't even see the login prompt.
Could you guys help me?
Thanks, Rob Dyck
Hey Rob
Not used to ubuntu but could this be KMS? Could try specifying VGA= 771 as a boot option in grub.
- Paul
On 02/25/2013 12:08 PM, Robert Dyck wrote:
I have a machine running Ubuntu Server 12.10; this is server, not desktop, so command line only. The CRT monitor fried. I have an old LCD monitor, but it only accepts 800x600 resolution at 60Hz. I'm trying to get that working as the console. I can get in via SSH using PuTTY from a Windows machine, but that's not a long term solution for a few reasons. This monitor does display BIOS POST, and the Grub menu, but does not display the login prompt.
I tried "sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup" but that just has encoding, character set, font, and font size. Nothing for console resolution. I tried editing /etc/default/console-setup to add "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=800x600". The console is visible during POST, and the GRUB menu, but then changes to an unsupported mode.
I haven't even looked at anything that could be put in .profile because I don't get that far. I can't even see the login prompt.
Could you guys help me?
Thanks, Rob Dyck
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I don't know where to put that. If I edit the Grub configuration from the Grub menu, it doesn't appear to save. Just runs with the change one time only. I don't get a login prompt even once.
Rob
-----Original Message----- From: roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca] On Behalf Of Paul Sierks Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 12:14 PM To: Continuation of Round Table discussion Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Console
Hey Rob
Not used to ubuntu but could this be KMS? Could try specifying VGA= 771 as a boot option in grub.
- Paul
On 02/25/2013 12:08 PM, Robert Dyck wrote:
I have a machine running Ubuntu Server 12.10; this is server, not
desktop, so command line only. The CRT monitor fried. I have an old LCD
monitor, but it only accepts 800x600 resolution at 60Hz. I'm trying to
get that working as the console. I can get in via SSH using PuTTY from a
Windows machine, but that's not a long term solution for a few reasons.
This monitor does display BIOS POST, and the Grub menu, but does not
display the login prompt.
I tried "sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup" but that just has
encoding, character set, font, and font size. Nothing for console
resolution. I tried editing /etc/default/console-setup to add
"GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=800x600". The console is visible during POST, and
the GRUB menu, but then changes to an unsupported mode.
I haven't even looked at anything that could be put in .profile because
I don't get that far. I can't even see the login prompt.
Could you guys help me?
Thanks,
Rob Dyck
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In /etc/default/grub, change the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line from "quiet splash" to "text", and also change (or just uncomment) GRUB_TERMINAL to "console". Then run "sudo update-grub".
-Adam Thompson athompso@athompso.net
-----Original Message----- From: roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable- bounces@muug.mb.ca] On Behalf Of Robert Dyck Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 12:09 PM To: 'Continuation of Round Table discussion' Subject: [RndTbl] Console
I have a machine running Ubuntu Server 12.10; this is server, not desktop, so command line only. The CRT monitor fried. I have an old LCD monitor, but it only accepts 800x600 resolution at 60Hz. I'm trying to get that working as the console. I can get in via SSH using PuTTY from a Windows machine, but that's not a long term solution for a few reasons. This monitor does display BIOS POST, and the Grub menu, but does not display the login prompt.
I tried "sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup" but that just has encoding, character set, font, and font size. Nothing for console resolution. I tried editing /etc/default/console-setup to add "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=800x600". The console is visible during POST, and the GRUB menu, but then changes to an unsupported mode.
I haven't even looked at anything that could be put in .profile because I don't get that far. I can't even see the login prompt.
Could you guys help me?
Thanks, Rob Dyck
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