[opensuse] "input out of range" at runlevel 3, but in X ... the display is fine
The subject line describes the situation pretty well. I've got a server that I cannot use with either a raritan KVM that has an HP tft7210r monitor. If I disconnect the server from the KVM, and hook it to an HP 1755 LCD monitor, I get the "input out of range" message, unless I am in X windows, where it works fine. When I connect it to a CRT monitor (tried several different ones) it works in both text and X windows. For the stand alone monitor, I've gone into yast to configure the graphic card and monitor, and it launches sax2 in what looks like a graphical mode. I pick generic lcd monitor and give horizontal and vertical values that are supported by the monitor, but ... as soon as connect it to the lcd, the screen goes blank unless I am in X windows. If I'm in X windows and then logout (so it bumps back to the console) ... then blank again. When I'm at the console, it appears that the bash font is quite small, which suggests that, somehow, the text mode graphics system is at a high res? But I don't see any way to modify the "text mode" video values. For the KVM .. I don't know what to do, because I can't see the screen in any mode ever. I've switch KVM connectors and ports and etc ... so that is not it. All other servers (windows and netware) are fine. I'm stuck, and folks are asking for the ability to get to the server from the kvm ... what to do next? Peter -- War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade, And, to those royal murderers, whose mean thrones Are bought by crimes of treachery and gore, The bread they eat, the staff on which they lean. -- Percy Bysshe Shelly http://www.the-brights.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
The subject line describes the situation pretty well.
I've got a server that I cannot use with either a raritan KVM that has an HP tft7210r monitor.
If I disconnect the server from the KVM, and hook it to an HP 1755 LCD monitor, I get the "input out of range" message, unless I am in X windows, where it works fine. <snip> There are a couple of things to try. Connect the HP mon to the server
On Thursday 16 November 2006 15:39, Peter Van Lone wrote: directly and try to bring it up in run level 5. If you get the input out of range message, then press the key sequence Ctrl + Alt + [+] The [+] key is the far right plus key on the numeric keypad. the sequence will toggle the video modes and will probably send a mode that the HP will be happy with. If the above works, then its time to get the server to come up in a default mode that the HP will be happy with, and you can do that manually by editing the xorg.conf file. You will need to edit the file manually (not SaX, not Yast, etc) ... consider the following hypothetical lines from an xorg.conf file : <clip> Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" "1024x768" EndSubSection Device "Device[0]" Identifier "Screen[0]" Monitor "Monitor[0]" EndSection </clip> The Modes line for depth 24 has been manually changed to place the "1024x768" resolution last. By default the display will come up in run level 5 at resolution 800x600 with a 1024x768 virtual display. Also, all other resolutions have been removed... manually... I only have four of them coded. You will need to find out which Modes resolution is offending the HP and remove it. Only provide the modes (you often have to do this manually) that are supported by the HP. Sometimes xorg.conf will have modes resolutions (extra ones you didn't configure in SaX) that are not supported by the monitor and which may cause problems. One more thing... not all monitors, keyboards, and mice will work through KVM reliably... make sure that all of your hardware is compatible. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2006-11-16 at 15:39 -0600, Peter Van Lone wrote:
When I'm at the console, it appears that the bash font is quite small, which suggests that, somehow, the text mode graphics system is at a high res? But I don't see any way to modify the "text mode" video values.
- From the kernel boot options in the grub configuration. For instance: kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd6 vga=0x317 selinux=0 splash=verbose resume=/dev/hdd7 showopts apic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .^^^^^^^^ You have some documentation in: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt ...Documentation/i386/boot.txt ...Documentation/svga.txt Or use "vga=ask" to get a menu of possible values. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFXO2ZtTMYHG2NR9URApKIAJ9xoNUOqX71ZU4bKE5gsApZsTEXcQCfYDXX MAEezf/2W1BbS3v6p3BlnFM= =5vEw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Peter Van Lone wrote:
The subject line describes the situation pretty well.
I've got a server that I cannot use with either a raritan KVM that has an HP tft7210r monitor.
I suspect that it is the TFT. I have not tried OpenSUSE in that environment, but I have had problems with an SLES 8 machine. It works fine in text mode with the old Compaq TFT but X doesn't work. I have not found any settings that X likes so far.
For the stand alone monitor, I've gone into yast to configure the graphic card and monitor, and it launches sax2 in what looks like a graphical mode. I pick generic lcd monitor and give horizontal and vertical values that are supported by the monitor, but ... as soon as connect it to the lcd, the screen goes blank unless I am in X windows. If I'm in X windows and then logout (so it bumps back to the console) ... then blank again.
OK, that IS odd!
When I'm at the console, it appears that the bash font is quite small, which suggests that, somehow, the text mode graphics system is at a high res? But I don't see any way to modify the "text mode" video values.
I believe you can modify the VGA settings in Grub. You should be able to add the correct settings to /boot/grub/menu.lst although I don't know what those settings would be.
For the KVM .. I don't know what to do, because I can't see the screen in any mode ever. I've switch KVM connectors and ports and etc ... so that is not it. All other servers (windows and netware) are fine.
Have you tried hooking the Raritan up to a CRT monitor instead of the TFT? All of the SLES 8 and 9 machines that I manage work fine with a Raritan and a CRT.
I'm stuck, and folks are asking for the ability to get to the server from the kvm ... what to do next?
Peter
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