Felix Miata said the following on 01/02/2013 07:09 PM:
On 2013-01-02 07:51 (GMT-0500) Anton Aylward composed:
One of the problems I'm having is that the 12.2 DVD seems to do odd EDID behaviour. When I boot from the 12.2 DVD I get
Analog Out of range 46.4kHz / 43 Hz
Yes, I know there should be a "F3" for screen size. I don't even see that. This out of range is immediate.
Meaning what, screen goes black as soon as POST messages finish? Or does it happen when the first anything from booting the DVD should be drawing?
As soon as the POST finishes ... well as soon as the DVD boots. I never see anything past the POST; except the "out of range" notice on the monitor. I don't see the welcome screen, I don't see the screen offering F1, F2, F3 and the menu of install/boot from hard dis and whatever else. Perhaps the ISOLINUX notice flashes by too quickly ... but as soon as the DVD boots the screen blanks.
A few notes:
1. It happens with *All* my LCD screens.
2. If I dig out an old CRT from my closet and plug that in, then I see the boot screen and can work with the install.
Since you can, does it really matter if the 12.2 DVD doesn't like your display?
Its a crappy old 15" that buzzes ..
3. If I try installing an old version of openSuse, 11.2 or 11.4 for example, I don't have this problem with the LCD screens.
So what is it with the ISOLINUX on the 12.2 DVD? Is it booting from a late model - grub2 - version of ISOLINUX or something?
Any ideas, guys?
Assuming DVD is OK, could be some bug in the installation kernel's KMS function that only shows up with your display's particular EDID. Did you md5sum the iso and the burned DVD?
Yes, the MD5 is OK. As I say, its specific to LCDs
Do you have another cable you could try, especially one with EDID function inoperable due to a missing pin?
Same cable, same card/machine with Fedora and Mageia works. I can set them nosplash and watch the messages and see the 'jump' when they see EDID and change resolution.
Can that PC already boot something else from Grub? If it can, load the installation kernel and initrd with Grub instead of starting from the DVD, from which you can use vga=791 and/or video=1366x768@60
Ah, this LG1952 only goes to 1280x1024@60. And I'm not sure what you're asking/how to do that. This is an INSTALL. Unless I'm using another distribution .. Think of it as a blank disk. -- People who won't quit making the same mistake over and over are what we call conservatives. - Richard Ford, in his novel Independence Day -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org