<div dir="ltr">If you cannot get output to the monitor "at all", a live CD will do you no good.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Mark Phillips <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz" target="_blank">mark@phillipsmarketing.biz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I tried all sorts of F keys, and no response on the monitor. I am wondering if there is something wrong with the driver. I had this problem on a different machine, and I had to download, compile, and install a new radeon driver. I can take the machine apart and see what the video card is and see if that is a problem. Is there a way to fix a driver problem with a live cd?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
</font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Mark</div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Carruth, Rusty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Rusty.Carruth@smartstoragesys.com" target="_blank">Rusty.Carruth@smartstoragesys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">If you hit control-alt-F1 (or F2 or … all the way to F6) do you see anything?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">What happens on the monitor while you boot?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I’ve seen cases (personally) where an install decides the monitor can do more than it can (and I think I had an upgrade do that once also), leaving you with a dead monitor.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">However, given that you cannot ssh into it I’ll bet that won’t be the case - but hopefully you can see something on the monitor as it boots…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Rusty<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt">
<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Phillips<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> Main PLUG discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Upgrade to Debian testing hosed my system<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Mike,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, there is still no signal after a hard reboot. If there were, then I would do what you suggest. <u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Any ideas on how I can determine what is wrong by using something like a knoppix cd?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Mark<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Mike Ballon <<a href="mailto:mike.ballon@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.ballon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">If there is no signal to the monitor with the box "up" I would reboot it.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">From there you'll need to figure out if the boot loader is intact or not. If it is you can boot into single user mode and try to figure out what's going on with the box. If you do not get the boot loader now we're talking about a repair to either the loader or the system as a whole using a disc or memory stick.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/" target="_blank">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Mark Phillips <<a href="mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz" target="_blank">mark@phillipsmarketing.biz</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
</div></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I used aptitude to upgrade a headless server from Debian stable to Debian testing. The upgrade did not generate any error messages, but when I rebooted I could not ssh into the box (connection refused) nor do I get any output on a monitor I attached to the box (no signal). Apache does not appear to be running either on the box (could not connect to the box). I can successfully ping the box.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Any suggestions on how to fix this this server would be greatly appreciated!<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Mark <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div>
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