[vox-tech] Video problem with Ubuntu Server install

[Jeffrey Nonken]

Yep, well, I'm a bit miffed about this right now.  So I'm going to  
just drop it.

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On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:24 AM, Bill Broadley wrote:

> Jeffrey Nonken wrote:
>> Very well, my monitor has been voted Most Likely to Fail. I'll bring
>> the little black box into work tomorrow and try it on my monitors  
>> there.
>
> Monitor, video card or settings.  Does it look at all strange in the  
> BIOS
> screens?
>
> The screen just looks slightly wrapped and replicated.  Much of what  
> is on the
> left edge is also repeated near the right edge.  Have you tried  
> different text
> console modes.  I believe there's some boot console mode settings so  
> you coudl
> try 80x25, 80x40, and a handful of others.  Seeing the same problems  
> across
> different modes (or in BIOS) would strongly indicate a hardware  
> problem.
>
> Even with a hardware problem (analog monitors tend to fail in  
> strange ways)
> you might be able to minimize it by switching to a different mode.
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