Dell Poweredge 1850

[TomMcloughlin]

Hello,

I have a problem with my Poweredge,
when i boot it up it boots up fine but i am not receiving any signal from the vga.
Please could someone help me as i need this server for my company.

Thanks,
Tom Mcloughlin.

[TomMcloughlin]

*bump*

[trundlenut]

Does the machine only have one vga connection or are there ones front and rear?

[TomMcloughlin]

Does the machine only have one vga connection or are there ones front and rear?

It only has vga and i have one on the front and back and tried both

[RobFromLafayette]

It only has vga and i have one on the front and back and tried both

I had a similar problem with my install (Server 11.10 on a dual-xeon PowerEdge 1750) using an LCD monitor.
In my case, the VGA timings were sending a 75hz refresh rate, and my LCD only goes to 70 (and prefers 60hz)

I found and attached an old CRT, and it works just dandy.

I *think* that you can pass a kernel argument from Grub2 that will force a VGA mode, but I'm still reading up on that.


FWIW, I had the same issue on a Poweredge 2500 box earlier, before I got the 1750.

[RobFromLafayette]

I had a similar problem with my install (Server 11.10 on a dual-xeon PowerEdge 1750) using an LCD monitor.
In my case, the VGA timings were sending a 75hz refresh rate, and my LCD only goes to 70 (and prefers 60hz)

I found and attached an old CRT, and it works just dandy.

I *think* that you can pass a kernel argument from Grub2 that will force a VGA mode, but I'm still reading up on that.


FWIW, I had the same issue on a Poweredge 2500 box earlier, before I got the 1750.

Followup: I followed the instructions from here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/45071...oss-ati-driver
and now I'm all set, displaying an old-LCD-friendly 60Hz console.

[TomMcloughlin]

Followup: I followed the instructions from here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/45071...oss-ati-driver
and now I'm all set, displaying an old-LCD-friendly 60Hz console.

Thanks
I will let you know if it works.