The manual for my monitor shows no way to perform a reset other than through the on screen display (OSD). So the monitor is stuck in hdmi mode and has no osd.
I can try the reboot into recovery. The last time I did that I got a display. Maybe only some resolution modes are working in the monitor or the display card. -Denis On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com > wrote: > You are correct. The only connection to the monitor I am using is the dvi > port. That is all that I have ever used, and the cable has not been > moved. The problem of fat icons I assumed was due to a decreased > resolution (true) and I called it vga (wrong). But the immediate problem > is that I cannot get the menu on the monitor to display now that it is set > to hdmi. I would have expected that the menu would display regardless of > what mode is set. Could this be a fault in the monitor? Time to search > for the monitor manual to see how to reset it to dvi. Power off did not > cure it. > > Random button pushing has only made my problem worse. > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> If you chose HDMI input on your monitor, and you are connected to the VGA >> port, you will not see anything. This has nothing to do with your >> computer. >> Use the "Input" or "Source" button on your monitor to select the VGA >> input. >> That should get you to seeing the computer. Once you get that, you can >> work >> on the booting issue. >> >> Keep us posted. >> >> Michael >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Denis Heidtmann < >> denis.heidtm...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >> > The machine booted with a blank screen--no signal. Then I forced a >> restart >> > with the power button. That produced the "error attempt to read or >> write >> > outside of disk 'hd0'.." message. I ran memtest for a while why I did >> some >> > googling. Then I rebooted into recovery. I selected mounting all file >> > systems (mistake 1), then attempted to repair grub. That required a >> reboot >> > to get back to file systems mounted read-only. >> > >> > On reboot the machine came up looking OK except the display showed wider >> > than normal icons. Now I fiddled with the display. >> > >> > Using the buttons on the display I chose HDMI. (mistake 2). Now I am >> back >> > to a blank screen--no signal. >> > >> > Now I can no longer get a menu with the display buttons. The display >> is an >> > ASUS VE228. My guess at this time is a failure of the display card: a >> > radeon hd5450 or maybe the cable, but since nothing was moved around the >> > desk, I expect the former is the answer. >> > >> > Question at this point is how to get the monitor back to looking at the >> > vga? Is going through the recovery process the only option? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > -Denis >> > _______________________________________________ >> > PLUG mailing list >> > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
