Re: [2.0.33] and no monitor

Anthony Barbachan (barbacha@trill.cis.fordham.edu)
Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:02:04 -0400


Try the monitor option in the BIOS setup. Change it from VGA/EGA to "Not
Installed". Unfortunately many modern computers assume that if the monitor
isn't plugged in (or on) then you are wrong and do not wish this.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pawel S. Veselov <vps@phoenix.math.spbu.ru>
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Saturday, April 25, 1998 4:03 AM
Subject: [2.0.33] and no monitor

> Hello, All !
>
> Some troubles with 2.0.33. The box has no monitor but S3 video card.
> I tried to reboot it recently and everything hung up :(
>
> BIOS beeped about monitor(video?) troubles and loader stopped at
> "Loading linux_". Reset didn't help, only repower after monitor was
> plugged in.
>
> I really have no spare monitor to attach to the box :)
> So, the question, how this could be solved for me to be able
> to reboot the box remotely ...
>
> Thanx in advanca.
>
>Bye.
>--
>Your wise men don't know how it feels
>To be thick as a brick.
> -- Jethro Tull, "Thick As A Brick"
>
>--
> With best of best regards, Pawel S. Veselov (aka Black Angel)
> Internet e-mail : vps@mindless.com
> Web page : http://www.math.spbu.ru/~vps/ | ICQ UIN : 5252265
>
>
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