Nope. black blank screen. More web searching for now. On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com > wrote:
> 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
