12.04 server oddity

[Phil Dobbin]

On 05/08/2013 05:13 PM, Mark Symonds wrote:

> 
> On May 8, 2013, at 5:16 AM, Ante Karamatić <ante.karamatic at canonical.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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/
> 
> …and lets not forget this one: 
> 
> http://marc.merlins.org/perso/linux/post_2010-10-24_Ubuntu-Maverick_-Plymouth-Is-the-Worst-Thing-That-Happened-To-Linux.html
> 

I've seen quite a lot of this on Fedora: 'Waiting for Plymouth' when
trying to go 17 -> 18.

The more I find out about it the less I like it.

Thanks to all for their replies. Appreciated.

Cheers,

  Phil...

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