On 26/10/10 22:41, Glen Mehn wrote: > Do you get to see what happens when the screen is plugged in? i.e,. is > it stuck before grub or after? I kind of assume you aren't running X on > the server (stock ubuntu server, right?) > > I know of a hosting company who uses mac minis (though I can't think of > who they are at the moment... grumble...) as a server that sits between > dedicated machines and virtual servers. Obviously only good for > low-intensity i/o tasks. You might try to find them to see if there's > something mac-specific that's going on. > > I would easily put £20 on it being a mac thing that has to be disabled > in the mac prom, but I've no idea how to do that (I don't think that > apple opens up their firmwares to outside people) > > Aha! Here's the company. The short version suggests not using boot camp > (I'm not sure what else you might use) > > http://www.mythic-beasts.com/support/macminicolo_howto.html >
Doing some more reading on http://forums.macnn.com/104/alternative-operating-systems/296206/headless-mac-mini-server-using-bootcamp/ it looks like a couple of pins need to be connected together with a resistor on the DVI port. Details are on the thread a bit further down (there is a link from the link to the Macnn.com forum but it's a broken link). It appears to be something to do with Bootcamp. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
