On 27/11/12 14:26, mick wrote:
I can't help thinking that a better approach might be to buy a newer graphics card and disable the on-board graphics. Rolling back to an older (potentially unsupported depending upon actual age) OS version is not ideal.
The server in question has been waiting to be "dealt with" for ages, and since I was actually "dealing" with it I didn't want to waste a day waiting for hardware. But I relented yesterday and bought a cheap ATI card from PC World for £25. However the server won't boot with it in (I would guess the PSU isn't up to the job, but can't prove it).
A summary of where I had got to by yesterday evening (before buying the card): Ubuntu 12.04.1 (Desktop) had installed fine, albeit with the signal out of range (SOOR) error while booting, and (presumably as a consequence) also giving SOOR at a terminal (Alt-Ctrl-F1). I was able to work via SSH and installed all updates, and also reconfigured the IP address (disabled NetworkManager and set a static IP). I rebooted to try some of the suggestions in this thread, but didn't catch grub and the server booted unchanged - except that now I get SOOR at the login stage as well (I guess one of the updates caused this). Also it turns out I've messed up the network settings because now I can't access via SSH either. So the server is sitting there giving SOOR locally and unresponsive via network. That was when I decided to get the graphics card on the way home from work....
So, the new card doesn't work. I'm now installing Ubuntu 12.04.1 server instead as I don't really need a GUI on it anyway, and I'd just like to get access to the data on the RAID array (see other thread). This whole mess started because the server originally had Ubuntu + Zentyal installed on it, and was no longer using any of the Zentyal functions, so was just a "tidying up" exercise that has cost me two days of work! The only reason I'm keeping the server (Fujitsu Siemens Econel 100) is because it has a good solid case with plenty of drive bays in it.
If it ain't broke....
Mark