[RndTbl] Console

Adam Thompson athompso at athompso.net
Mon Feb 25 12:18:20 CST 2013


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 at athompso.net


> -----Original Message-----
> From: roundtable-bounces at muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-
> bounces at 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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