Re: ibm server black screen console
On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 08:04:31 -0400, Joey wrote in message
<[🔎] CAK3ER7uRmYeZ59SRrghGVcUmuRaGBzMhkKeCmOGr=OLTtUo+qA@mail.gmail.com>:
> > Looking at the messages above, you have an ATI Radeon-based video
> > card. 'lspci' should confirm that.
> >
>
> Thanks for your quick response ...i got the following back -
>
> 01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ES1000 (rev
> 02)
>
> But do not know where to go from here.
> People are working on the server right now - so can not reboot it.
>
> my current grub line is this:
>
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64
> root=UUID=8f86f3f1-b453-4801-ac5c-a5a86135256f ro quiet
..drop the "quiet" and boot, if that doesn't tell you enough,
try another boot with "verbose" instead of "quiet".
>
> you would like me to change it to:
>
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64
> root=UUID=8f86f3f1-b453-4801-ac5c-a5a86135256f ro quiet
> video=radeon:off
>
> am I right ?
>
>
> But I have googled the issue - it is out there - there are some
> suggestions about doing stuff with Xorg.conf file - but do not
> understand at all.
>
> Can you or anyone give me some pointers -- if your earlier suggestions
> does not work ?
>
>
> thanks
> mjh
>
>
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