Chris Epicier wrote: > > OK, I agree, as soon as X11 is -up- it is a video driver problem of some > sort. If I was able to ssh into the 8.04 live cd, I could read out the config > it has setup automagically there and see what's wrong. SSH into it via one of > my SuSE and windose/putty boxes failes as connection is refused, although i > specified ssh on grub boot options. So how can I do that? > Dumb me, how can you set up the network address, etc. on a live CD install. But, you should still be able to rig a null modem cable and get in via the serial port. > >>> On stock 8.04.1 and later, I could not observe this >>> yet ill but running live cd. >>> >> Compare the video driver used on the 8.04 that works >> > The working install is 6.06 not 8.04 though ... > I thought the stock Ubuntu was an 8.04 and did work, it was only the EMC version of 8.04 that did not work. > > > > Please consider that I wold love to actually *install* the 8.04 system, if > ever possible in textmode since when initrd is read the screen goes black and > I see nothing anymore. I had a 8.04 install done on another box and moved the > hd to my f69000 problem box. When this transplanted install boots on the > f69000 problembox, it gets to initrd and then the screen goes black, no > garble X11 or whatsoever. I will try this agian though and copy the X11 > settings from the 6.06 install to the transplanted 8.04 install. I'llm be > back ... :-) > > >> You probably >> will have no true "debug messages" >> as your symptoms of something moving on the screen when you >> move the >> mouse indicate X11 is >> running and THINKS it has produced a proper display. >> > > can't I get all the bootmessages copied to the serial port somehow? > When the system is booted up, and you log in via serial port, you can read the boot-time messages in /var/log, such files as "messages", "syslog", "dmesg" and so on. "Xorg.0.log" is also in that directory.
I know of no way to make the boot messages get copied to the serial port live while it is booting. That doesn't mean it isn't possible, though. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
