Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-20 Thread Liam Proven
2009/7/20 Rob Beard : > Liam Proven wrote: >> 2009/7/19 William Anderson : >> >>> Liam Proven wrote: >>> [snip] #4 Being green involves re-using old kit that still works. Typically half or more of the energy used in the lifetime of a piece of IT equipment is spent making it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-20 Thread Rob Beard
Liam Proven wrote: > 2009/7/19 William Anderson : > >> Liam Proven wrote: >> >>> [snip] >>> >>> #4 Being green involves re-using old kit that still works. Typically >>> half or more of the energy used in the lifetime of a piece of IT >>> equipment is spent making it, not running it. By maki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-20 Thread Rob Beard
Liam Proven wrote: > 2009/7/19 William Anderson : > >> Liam Proven wrote: >> >>> [snip] >>> >>> #4 Being green involves re-using old kit that still works. Typically >>> half or more of the energy used in the lifetime of a piece of IT >>> equipment is spent making it, not running it. By maki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-20 Thread Liam Proven
2009/7/19 William Anderson : > Liam Proven wrote: >> [snip] >> >> #4 Being green involves re-using old kit that still works. Typically >> half or more of the energy used in the lifetime of a piece of IT >> equipment is spent making it, not running it. By making its working >> life as long as possib

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-19 Thread William Anderson
Liam Proven wrote: > [snip] > > #4 Being green involves re-using old kit that still works. Typically > half or more of the energy used in the lifetime of a piece of IT > equipment is spent making it, not running it. By making its working > life as long as possible, you save energy; by replacing wo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-19 Thread Liam Proven
2009/7/18 Sean Miller : > What is this? A vt220 or something? > > vt220s will be 132 wide, but I don't know why you're bothering... > > Why not simply put a normal monitor on it and get 1024x768 or whatever? > > Confused... is this some sort of "retro" thing? > > Sean #1, I don't have any spare bi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-18 Thread Sean Miller
What is this? A vt220 or something? vt220s will be 132 wide, but I don't know why you're bothering... Why not simply put a normal monitor on it and get 1024x768 or whatever? Confused... is this some sort of "retro" thing? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/lis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-18 Thread Liam Proven
2009/7/17 Liam Proven : > I have just run up a new Ubuntu home server, a Dell PowerEdge 600SC > (P4, 2.8GHz, 512MB RAM) running 8.04-3. It has a plain VGA monitor - > monochrome, even - on it. Mostly, I expect to administer it from ssh. > > But I do need to use the console sometimes, and it would b

[ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-17 Thread Liam Proven
I have just run up a new Ubuntu home server, a Dell PowerEdge 600SC (P4, 2.8GHz, 512MB RAM) running 8.04-3. It has a plain VGA monitor - monochrome, even - on it. Mostly, I expect to administer it from ssh. But I do need to use the console sometimes, and it would be helpful to set the console VGA