[K12OSN] Catch 22: Server Video Card gone bad... what now?

[Huck]

once connected open terminal
(usually right-click on desktop and select terminal)
su -
type in root passwd

this doesn't work on V5??

ahodson at elp.rr.com wrote:
> Seems like this week is the bad-news week for my systems...
> 
> Not one, but two K12LTSP V5 servers (same site!) have no video signal
> (black screen, amber monitor light). One of them is not providing dhcp,
> the second one is ok (client wise) 
> 
> My question to the gurus here is, what "su" command or configuration
> change can I use to allow ROOT to login from a client? I am not too
> pleased with the latest distro "forcing" you to be on the server for
> root access... This can be the perfect Catch 22 - need monitor to change
> monitor but I have no monitor...
> 
> BTW - Thanks Petre for the earlier help.
> 
> cheers  
> A. Hodson
> El Paso ISD, TX
> -=o=-
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