On Sunday 11 April 2010 11:59:58 James Gray wrote: > On 11/04/2010, at 7:15 PM, Janåke Rönnblom wrote: > > I have an IBM 3550 server where I have installed the 10.04 beta2 server > > on. On reboot after the BIOS messages all I get is a blinking cursor and > > then it disappears. If I try ALT+F1/F2, ENTER and so nothing happens no > > login prompt nothing! > > > > Connecting through ssh works but I fear the day when I need to > > troubleshoot the server at the console... > > > > -J > > What happens if you ssh in, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and modify the default > kernel parameters to remove "quiet splash" (or if that fails, try include > "text"), then reboot. See if that makes any difference to the result. > Might be telling grandma how to suck eggs, but this little trick has > revealed volumes in the past. I know it should "Just Work" but this might > help isolate the fault. My initial guess is there is something a bit > henky with the frame buffer support.
In the past, it might have, but I tried this on a desktop edition of Lucid beta and it was a bad idea. Boot halted (because of the bug where you can't mount more than 4 lvm volumes.) Without splash and quiet, you can see the messages, but not the buttons you have to press to skip mounting the volume. -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
