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I've spent most of today installing Server 11.04. While I can't get network installs to work at all (different issue, I'll post a separate question/bug), when installing from the server CD, all goes well until I reboot. When the computer reboots, I'm presented with a blank screen. I can't switch to other virtual terminals, but the system is running.

By accident I found that if I boot with the monitor unplugged, and plug it in after the computer is booted, the login prompt displays just fine. This is a server, so there is no Xorg involved, but it seems as though it tries to display some unsupported text mode.

I've replicated it on two servers. One is a Dell and one is an HP. They both have onboard video, no secondary video card.

Any idea where to change that?

Jorge Castro
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shawnp0wers
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I suggest you turn off he onboard intel graphics and just allow the secondary graphics.You can do this in the BIOS

Amith KK
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I was having a similar problem, without a monitor, it was not booting.

do a :

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

and take a look at this setting: 

GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT

Is it commented out like so? If so uncomment it (remove the #):

#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0

According to this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275 The GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET is not working right, and i can attest to that. So as a workaround i put the uncommented the GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 and it now goes boots without a monitor.

GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true Used with the GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT setting. true - No countdown is displayed. The screen will be blank. false - A counter will display on a blank screen for the duration of the GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT value. This feature currently appears to be broken; the timeout counter isn't appearing when set to 'false' or not set.

Jorge Castro
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capdragon
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A system update fixed this for me. In fact, even a new install (which installs updates) works fine now.

shawnp0wers
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