Possible? Maybe. Easy/useful/the_fastest_way_to_get_going? Maybe or maybe not J If you have enough RAM to hold everything (remember, a live CD uses ram to hold changes 'written' to your virtual disk you think you are running on(*)), then you can probably do it. However, I'd start with trying other video cards. Do you have any other cards laying around you could try? (If not, I've got boatloads (figuratively speaking!) - I could loan you a few - what's the bus you need? PCI? AGP? Something else?) I was going to say something else but it has escaped me. Oh well. Rusty From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:54 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Upgrade to Debian testing hosed my system I tried all sorts of F keys, and no response on the monitor. I am wondering if there is something wrong with the driver. I had this problem on a different machine, and I had to download, compile, and install a new radeon driver. I can take the machine apart and see what the video card is and see if that is a problem. Is there a way to fix a driver problem with a live cd? Mark On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Carruth, Rusty wrote: If you hit control-alt-F1 (or F2 or ... all the way to F6) do you see anything? What happens on the monitor while you boot? I've seen cases (personally) where an install decides the monitor can do more than it can (and I think I had an upgrade do that once also), leaving you with a dead monitor. However, given that you cannot ssh into it I'll bet that won't be the case - but hopefully you can see something on the monitor as it boots... Rusty From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:21 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Upgrade to Debian testing hosed my system Mike, Unfortunately, there is still no signal after a hard reboot. If there were, then I would do what you suggest. Any ideas on how I can determine what is wrong by using something like a knoppix cd? Mark On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Mike Ballon wrote: If there is no signal to the monitor with the box "up" I would reboot it. From there you'll need to figure out if the boot loader is intact or not. If it is you can boot into single user mode and try to figure out what's going on with the box. If you do not get the boot loader now we're talking about a repair to either the loader or the system as a whole using a disc or memory stick. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/ On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: I used aptitude to upgrade a headless server from Debian stable to Debian testing. The upgrade did not generate any error messages, but when I rebooted I could not ssh into the box (connection refused) nor do I get any output on a monitor I attached to the box (no signal). Apache does not appear to be running either on the box (could not connect to the box). I can successfully ping the box. Any suggestions on how to fix this this server would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Mark --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss