I would have to agree with others. It's not the video that is the problem, but most likely a keyboard. Hook up video only and watch the POST error. I'll bet it complains about a keyboard. Some BIOS will allow to set "halt on no error" or something similar so that it doesn't care if it doesn't find a keyboard. Some BIOS don't have that option. I have two Compaq desktops that I use for firewalls. There is no option in the BIOS to continue after errors and it must have a keyboard attached. So I tore apart a keyboard and took the PC board, wrapped it in electrical tape and stuck it inside the case and ran the cable out and plugged it into the keyboard socket. Works fine. On the other hand, I have some HP desktops that complain about not having a keyboard, but they continue to boot which is nice. It just adds a few seconds to the boot process. -- ========== Todd Young -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Anna Edwards <anna2edw at yahoo.com> > I just set up a ubuntu 7.10 server (to do the wrong task) and i don't know how > to make it work without me having a screen on it 24-7 (i only have one monitor > and 2 computers needing one). Can someone help me fix this? > Linux User in distress: Anna Edwards > -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Anna Edwards <anna2edw at yahoo.com> Subject: [tclug-list] Ubuntu Server Issues Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 08:18:53 +0000 Size: 2038 Url: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20071105/444a94aa/attachment.eml