[RndTbl] Console

Paul Sierks psierks at sierkstech.net
Mon Feb 25 12:13:42 CST 2013


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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