Problem with no display on 10.04 beta2 server

[James Gray]

On 11/04/2010, at 8:06 PM, Alvin wrote:

> On Sunday 11 April 2010 11:59:58 James Gray wrote:
>> On 11/04/2010, at 7:15 PM, Janåke Rönnblom wrote:
>>> I have an IBM 3550 server where I have installed the 10.04 beta2 server
>>> on. On reboot after the BIOS messages all I get is a blinking cursor and
>>> then it disappears. If I try ALT+F1/F2, ENTER and so nothing happens no
>>> login prompt nothing!
>>> 
>>> Connecting through ssh works but I fear the day when I need to
>>> troubleshoot the server at the console...
>>> 
>>> -J
>> 
>> What happens if you ssh in, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and modify the default
>> kernel parameters to remove "quiet splash" (or if that fails, try include
>> "text"), then reboot.  See if that makes any difference to the result. 
>> Might be telling grandma how to suck eggs, but this little trick has
>> revealed volumes in the past.  I know it should "Just Work" but this might
>> help isolate the fault.  My initial guess is there is something a bit
>> henky with the frame buffer support.
> 
> In the past, it might have, but I tried this on a desktop edition of Lucid 
> beta and it was a bad idea. Boot halted (because of the bug where you can't 
> mount more than 4 lvm volumes.)
> 
> Without splash and quiet, you can see the messages, but not the buttons you 
> have to press to skip mounting the volume.

But if it gets as far as mounting the file systems, surely it's well into the boot process at that stage...unless you have 4 LVM volumes for the root file system (??).  Not 100% sure I'm following you - booting with the "quiet splash" you see nothing, and other than that, boots fine.  So how would removing them to see the boot process cause the filesystem mounts to fail??

Cheers,

James
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