Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4749 mails)

[Curtis Rey <crrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 16 May 2003 09:36, L. Mark Stone wrote:
> I just did a clean install of 8.2. When the system boots and attempts to
> load the log in screen, my monitor displays a warning that the signal is
> out of sync.
>
> I booted "Failsafe", and tried running yast in text mode. It shows that my
> monitor was detected as a Samsung SyncMaster 4S, when in fact it's a
> Samsung SyncMaster 957MB. When I try to change the settings using yast, I
> get the same blank screen with the monitor displaying the "out of sync"
> message again.
>
> I get the same result when I try to run sax2 directly. Once sax2 launches,
> the screen goes blank with the out of sync message.
>
> Since I can get to a command line, and I (think I) can use vim, what is the
> X config file I need to edit manually?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark


Try this.  Enter in the command option at the menu when you get the boot 
screen.

vga=ask.

See if that doesnt help.

If not repost and we'll see about a couple of other options.

HTH, Curtis.