12.04 server oddity

[Ante Karamatić]

Dana 08.05.2013 03:27, Phil Dobbin je napisao:

> I installed Ubuntu 12.04 Server on its second drive successfully but
> when it rebooted it told me that the Screen was out of range & the
> refresh rate needed to be 60Hz & 1280 x 1040. I found this puzzling to
> say the least that a headless server with no GUI whatsoever is
> complaining about screen resolution.

Check out:

http://wordsideasandthings.blogspot.com/2012/11/ubuntu-server-text-mode.html

http://web.dodds.net/~vorlon/wiki/blog/Plymouth_is_not_a_bootsplash/

> I had to scrap the install because ufw was automatically enabled & I
> couldn't ssh in to get a terminal running from another machine on the
> network.

Actually, Ubuntu server has a policy 'no open ports by default'. It's
not that ssh is blocked - it's not even installed by default.

Take care