Upgrade to Debian testing hosed my system

[Mike Ballon]

If you cannot get output to the monitor "at all", a live CD will do you no
good.


On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Mark Phillips
<mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>wrote:

> 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:****
>>
>> 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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