Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

2013-01-03 Thread Sander Smeenk
Quoting Jordon Bedwell (jor...@envygeeks.com): > > I agree, just did not want to say it. I get the feeling there > > are a lot of people working on Linux these days who have never > > set foot into a data centre. > Your statement is full of fail and horseshit. Not to start a war at this beautiful

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

2013-01-03 Thread Jordon Bedwell
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:05 AM, Sander Smeenk wrote: > Quoting Jordon Bedwell (jor...@envygeeks.com): > >> > I agree, just did not want to say it. I get the feeling there >> > are a lot of people working on Linux these days who have never >> > set foot into a data centre. >> Your statement is full

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

2013-01-03 Thread Jordon Bedwell
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Jordon Bedwell wrote: >> Do you see any added value to a 'splash screen' hiding *everything* that >> is happening on *SERVER* installs? > > Disable it? It takes but one obvious edit inside of /etc/default/grub. > Pro tip: - quiet splash + nosplash > Pro tip: update

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

2013-01-03 Thread Dale Amon
Like in medicine, the first rule in Enterprise systems is 'do no harm'. If an upgrade to a working system causes it to come up in a crippled or unusable state without assorted arcane incantations (and btw I used even more arcane ones than you mentioned and they did not work), then something is br

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

2013-01-03 Thread Soren Hansen
2013/1/3 Sander Smeenk : > Do you see any added value to a 'splash screen' hiding *everything* > that is happening on *SERVER* installs? A commonly ignored fact in this brave, new Plymouth world is that, as opposed to the pre-Plymouth days, you don't actually need to be physically at the machine t

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

2013-01-03 Thread Dale Amon
On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 01:33:16PM +0100, Soren Hansen wrote: > We'd be happy to explore possible ways Ubuntu Server could stand out. I > can just say that historically the Ubuntu Server community has by far > preferred that Ubuntu Server remain a minimal install. It's been a > while since this dis

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

2013-01-03 Thread Dale Amon
A few typo corrections to avoid confusion: On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 03:13:09PM +, Dale Amon wrote: > that is less trouble free. Time is money. ^ more > Them's the hard facts of life in a fast past world ^

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

2013-01-03 Thread Sander Smeenk
Quoting Jordon Bedwell (jor...@envygeeks.com): > > Do you see any added value to a 'splash screen' hiding *everything* that > > is happening on *SERVER* installs? > Disable it? It takes but one obvious edit inside of /etc/default/grub. > Pro tip: - quiet splash + nosplash > Pro tip: update-grub

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

2013-01-03 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 6:39 AM, Dale Amon wrote: > # DMA20121218. This is new, suggested to me by Tom H on the ubuntudev list > #GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text If you don't set it "text", the value of "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX" is that of "GRUB_GFXMODE", which is "auto" by default. > # Uncomment to

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

2013-01-03 Thread Dale Amon
On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 06:18:21PM -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 6:39 AM, Dale Amon wrote: > > > > # DMA20121218. This is new, suggested to me by Tom H on the ubuntudev list > > #GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text > > If you don't set it "text", the value of "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX" is >