Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode
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 working kit > with something newer, you waste energy. Or you could recycle the old displays and use a KVM switch instead, which would save using the energy required for the extra display in the first place :) -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to update Xubuntu 7.04.
2009/7/19 Tony Harrison : > That worked! The OS has installed to the hard drive, but it will only boot > with the usb stick plugged in. Sounds like grub didnt get installed properly. > Without it grub fails saying 'Error 2'. Also, > once logged in, the home directory does not decrypt. It says keyctl_search: > Required key not available > Don't know anything about that method of encrypting partitions, sorry. Perhaps someone else can help. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode
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 bigger monitors to use & can't afford to buy more. #2, I normally administer my server from my main PC, using SSH for Linux boxes and Rdesktop for Windows ones. The screen on the server itself is, literally, a monitor, used during setup and to occasionally check things are all right even if a bigger PC isn't running or to hand. #3 I have 2 old mono VGA monitors lying around that still work fine with modern kit and they're so small that they can sit on top of a pair of servers, connected to 2 at once via a switch box, and still fit under a desk. #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 working kit with something newer, you waste energy. #5 Ubuntu Server only runs in text mode; what is the point of wasting a perfectly good large graphical display on it? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to update Xubuntu 7.04.
That worked! The OS has installed to the hard drive, but it will only boot with the usb stick plugged in. Without it grub fails saying 'Error 2'. Also, once logged in, the home directory does not decrypt. It says keyctl_search: Required key not available Sorry to be such a pain. Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/7/19 Tony Harrison : > >> I have followed that up to the modprobe bit. It says 'FATAL: Module >> pata_cs5535.ko not found.'. The command issued was /sbin/modprobe >> pata_cs5535.ko. The .ko file is in /lib/modules/2v6v28-11-generic >> >> Cannot work out from google what I am doing wrong there. >> >> > > Try insmod and specify the full path to the module? > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to update Xubuntu 7.04.
2009/7/19 Tony Harrison : > I have followed that up to the modprobe bit. It says 'FATAL: Module > pata_cs5535.ko not found.'. The command issued was /sbin/modprobe > pata_cs5535.ko. The .ko file is in /lib/modules/2v6v28-11-generic > > Cannot work out from google what I am doing wrong there. > Try insmod and specify the full path to the module? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to update Xubuntu 7.04.
I have followed that up to the modprobe bit. It says 'FATAL: Module pata_cs5535.ko not found.'. The command issued was /sbin/modprobe pata_cs5535.ko. The .ko file is in /lib/modules/2v6v28-11-generic Cannot work out from google what I am doing wrong there. Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/7/18 Tony Harrison : > >> Thanks for that, it was the pci=noacpi I had forgot to do. Xubuntu then >> failed while booting anyway, something about X terminal I think it was? But >> I made a new usb stick with ubuntu server on which installed but it would >> only give me the option to install it to the usb stick rather than the HDD. >> Do I need to use a CD-rom drive to install to the HDD? >> >> > > That's also covered on the same wiki page :) > > The driver for the hard drive controller isn't in the kernel that you > get with an ubuntu install. I filed a bug but it's not been fixed. > > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/318805 is > the bug report. > I have put the module needed:- > > http://popey.com/~alan/viglen/2.6.27-7-generic_pata_cs5535.ko for > 2.6.27 (for Ubuntu 8.10) > http://popey.com/~alan/viglen/2.6.28-11-generic_pata_cs5535.ko for > 2.6.28 (for Ubuntu 9.04) > > Grab the one for the version of Ubuntu you're installing and rename it > to pata_cs5535.ko. > > What I had to do was boot the USB stick, then (before the partitioning > section, but after the network comes up) switch to a terminal (ALT+F4) > and the scp from another machine over the network, then modprobe it to > load it into memory, then switch back to the installer (ALT+F1) and > continue. > > If that doesn't make sense, let me know. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
