Upgrade to Debian testing hosed my system

[Mark Phillips]

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?

Mark


On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Carruth, Rusty <
Rusty.Carruth at smartstoragesys.com> wrote:

> If you hit control-alt-F1 (or F2 or … all the way to F6) do you see
> anything?****
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> What happens on the monitor while you boot?****
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> 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.****
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> 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…****
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> Rusty****
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> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org [mailto:
> plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org] *On Behalf Of *Mark Phillips
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:21 AM
> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: Upgrade to Debian testing hosed my system****
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> Mike,****
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> Unfortunately, there is still no signal after a hard reboot. If there
> were, then I would do what you suggest. ****
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> Any ideas on how I can determine what is wrong by using something like a
> knoppix cd?****
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> Mark****
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> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Mike Ballon <mike.ballon at gmail.com>
> wrote:****
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> If there is no signal to the monitor with the box "up" I would reboot it.*
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> 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.****
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> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/****
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> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>
> wrote:****
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> 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.****
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> Any suggestions on how to fix this this server would be greatly
> appreciated!****
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> Thanks,****
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> Mark ****
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