[RndTbl] Console

Robert Dyck rbdyck2 at shaw.ca
Mon Feb 25 12:51:28 CST 2013


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 at muug.mb.ca
[mailto:roundtable-bounces at 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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