{"id":191,"date":"2015-09-04T21:29:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T21:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pa0esh.com\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2016-01-09T22:40:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T22:40:15","slug":"ubuntu-on-an-old-pc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pa0esh.com\/?page_id=191","title":{"rendered":"NO DISPLAY WITH UBUNTU ON AN OLD PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When installing UBUNTU Server on an old PC i encountered display problems. The machine would run the server bit nothing showed up on the display. 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