suse & lcd monitor refresh
I cannot substitute an lcd monitor for my rgb one. As soon as suse 9.1 starts booting - before it actually gets to the full os - the lcd stops everything with the message that the refresh rate is too high. I have changed the refresh rate, the monitor specs [to the lcd] before I change [close down] but this interrupt occurs before suse sees the monitor specs. Looks like it is part of the suse start-up? Solutions? -- Cheers, Serge [Naggar Consulting]
Serge Naggar wrote:
I cannot substitute an lcd monitor for my rgb one. As soon as suse 9.1 starts booting - before it actually gets to the full os - the lcd stops everything with the message that the refresh rate is too high. I have changed the refresh rate, the monitor specs [to the lcd] before I change [close down] but this interrupt occurs before suse sees the monitor specs. Looks like it is part of the suse start-up?
Solutions?
Try vga=none at the Grub prompt, or vga=ask. This happens because of the splash resolution you are using. Try 1024x768, i.e. vga=0x317. You can run hwinfo --framebuffer to get the modes from your video card. HTH -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871
The Friday 2004-08-06 at 19:24 -0400, Serge Naggar wrote:
I cannot substitute an lcd monitor for my rgb one. As soon as suse 9.1 starts booting - before it actually gets to the full os - the lcd stops everything with the message that the refresh rate is too high. I have changed the refresh rate, the monitor specs [to the lcd] before I change [close down] but this interrupt occurs before suse sees the monitor specs. Looks like it is part of the suse start-up?
Are you talking about the installation, or of a system already installed? I'll assume the later. You should change to text mode (type a 3 at the boot prompt, or ctrl-alt-f1 afterwards). If the text mode doesn't work either, enter the parameter "vga=ask" at the boot prompt, and try till you find a mode that works. I think you can also play with some option in the grub boot menu - can't say exactly which, I'm not booting now ;-) - but I think you can choose at least resolution mode. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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Carlos E. R.
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Joe Morris (NTM)
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Serge Naggar