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I have a computer which is running Ubuntu 16.04 x64. The computer has only a dedicated video card which I want to remove due to power saving now.

The problem is that the server won't boot without a graphics card...

I already changed

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"

but it didn't help anything...

How can I make the server boot without a graphic card?

cranckstorm
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  • Did you run sudo update-grub after that change? – George Udosen Apr 04 '17 at 17:40
  • Yes of course...^^ – cranckstorm Apr 04 '17 at 17:43
  • Also tried what is suggested here: https://leo.steamr.com/2011/08/booting-linux-without-a-graphics-card/ -->

    Added serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --parity=no --stop=1 terminal --timeout=2 serial to /boot/grub/menu.lst.

    But it didnt help neither...

     – cranckstorm Apr 04 '17 at 17:46
  • You might find this answer from @bodhi.zazen useful. – Elder Geek Apr 04 '17 at 17:50
  • I guess removing the card and then installing a fresh ubuntu over ssh will be my best shot... – cranckstorm Apr 04 '17 at 17:55
  • Ubuntu 16.04 does not respond to the usual Ubuntu trusty text config line... – George Udosen Apr 04 '17 at 17:58
  • @George any workaround? – cranckstorm Apr 04 '17 at 18:00
  • They made some changes that I still don't get but look at this its talks about disabling the display manager – George Udosen Apr 04 '17 at 18:02
  • Another sugests adding text, then sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target to achieve this I will test this now... – George Udosen Apr 04 '17 at 18:09
  • sudo systemctl disable display-manager.service gives me "No such file or directory" and what you mentioned in the comment above doesn't work either :( – cranckstorm Apr 04 '17 at 18:12
  • Just got it to work with the following steps: 1) change the lines in /etc/default/grub to : GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="text", then sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target – George Udosen Apr 04 '17 at 18:15
  • I've been trying to get this same thing to work. I tried all of the items here, but had no success. Looking at the boot logs, it seems to get to systemd[1]: Started Cleanup of Temporary Directories. and hang until I press the power button to turn off the system.

    If I put the graphics card back in the system, it boots up just fine. So strange to have a server OS that refuses to boot without a GPU.

     – dwightjl Sep 30 '17 at 18:22

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