On Wed, Dec 25, 2002 at 11:26:16PM -0800, Curtis Spencer wrote: > I have a weird issue that I have never had with any other system I have > been running. I have a Abit KT7 Board with a Geforce 2 vid card. It is > a minimalist system because I just want it to be a mysql/cvs server, so > I haven't installed XFree86 or the nvidia drivers. The console works > fine and I can ssh into it, but only if I booted it with a monitor > attached. I can watch it boot up fine as long as there is a monitor. > When I disconnect the monitor and try to reboot through ssh, I can never > connect again, unless I reconnect a monitor and then restart the whole > thing. I can't get a display to come up at all when I connect the > monitor sometime after I have booted it without the monitor. Very > strange. I was thinking about trying a VGA terminator plug on the vid > card because if I turn off the monitor without disconnecting it, the > system still boots correctly. Sounds like a hardware prob to me, but > just curious...
Is it on-board video ? If so, maybe the bios decides you don't want that video card if there is no monitor connected. Frank > > Thanks, > Curtis > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
