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Trey Sizemore

5 Sep 2004 5 Sep '04

15:51

For the last month of so, when I leave X (say by going to init 3 for kernel upgrades & nvidia driver fixes) my display goes haywire. I have to CTRL-ALT-DEL shutdown and restart. An image of the screen in this state can be found here http://www.thesizemores.net/images/imageSmall.jpg I'm running the latest 2.6.8 kernel and have am using an nVidia GeForce4 MX 440 card with a iiyama Vision Master 450 19" CRT display. What are some things to check in order to get my display 'back to normal' in these instances? Thanks. -- Cheers, Trey Pecor's Health-Food Principle: Never eat rutabaga on any day of the week that has a "y" in it. Linux salamander 2.6.8-6cvs20040902123957-default #1 Thu Sep 2 12:39:57 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux 11:47am up 1 day 13:21, 3 users, load average: 0.08, 0.17, 0.20

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Patrick Shanahan

5 Sep 5 Sep

15:57

New subject: [SLE] Weird screen display when init 3 selected

* Trey Sizemore [09-05-04 10:48]:

For the last month of so, when I leave X (say by going to init 3 for kernel upgrades & nvidia driver fixes) my display goes haywire. I have to CTRL-ALT-DEL shutdown and restart. An image of the screen in this state can be found here http://www.thesizemores.net/images/imageSmall.jpg

It appears that your horizontal or vertical frequencies are not correct in /etc/X11/XF86Config, look under section "Monitor". Listed mine below: Section "Monitor" Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry" DisplaySize 380 300 HorizSync 31-84 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "1280X1024@75HZ" Option "DPMS" VendorName "--> LCD" VertRefresh 56-75 UseModes "Modes[0]" Gamma 1.00 1.00 1.00 # created by KGamma EndSection HorizSync and VertRefresh are where you are interested. To find the correct rates, google for the settings for your monitor or look on the windoz install disk for and *.inf file. You will find the rates there. gud luk, -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

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Trey Sizemore

16:56

New subject: [SLE] Weird screen display when init 3 selected

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 10:57:09 -0500 Patrick Shanahan wrote:

It appears that your horizontal or vertical frequencies are not correct in /etc/X11/XF86Config, look under section "Monitor". Listed mine below:

Section "Monitor" Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry" DisplaySize 380 300 HorizSync 31-84 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "1280X1024@75HZ" Option "DPMS" VendorName "--> LCD" VertRefresh 56-75 UseModes "Modes[0]" Gamma 1.00 1.00 1.00 # created by KGamma EndSection

HorizSync and VertRefresh are where you are interested. To find the correct rates, google for the settings for your monitor or look on the windoz install disk for and *.inf file. You will find the rates there.

gud luk,

Here's mine, which are right according to iiyama info: Section "Monitor" DisplaySize 360 270 HorizSync 27-102 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "VISION MASTER 450" Option "DPMS" VendorName "IIYAMA" VertRefresh 50-160 UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection Monitor/display works great in X (such as right now), but it's when I go to init 3 that the screen appears crazy. So I'm assuming it's something independent of the X settings. -- Cheers, Trey In English, every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages. Linux salamander 2.6.8-6cvs20040902123957-default #1 Thu Sep 2 12:39:57 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux 12:51pm up 1 day 14:26, 3 users, load average: 0.20, 0.19, 0.18

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Patrick Shanahan

17:00

New subject: [SLE] Weird screen display when init 3 selected

* Trey Sizemore [09-05-04 11:53]:

Monitor/display works great in X (such as right now), but it's when I go to init 3 that the screen appears crazy. So I'm assuming it's something independent of the X settings.

You are right, I am WRONG. Has nothing to do with X. Look into the logon settings for your display, mine is 'vga=0x31A'. A listing of the display modes is @ /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt You might also try when booting inserting the phrase 'vga=normal' just as you would 'init 3' or '3' during the boot process. When you find the correct setting, change the line in /boot/grub/menu.lst -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

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Andrew

16:33

New subject: [SLE] Weird screen display when init 3 selected

On Sunday 05 September 2004 20:00, Patrick Shanahan wrote: I've got the same problem with SUSE 9.1 Professional. X works fine, but when I switch terminal to text it looks like crap. Luckily I can work with 2 X terminals. And that thing with 'vga=normal' at boot doesn't work.

* Trey Sizemore [09-05-04 11:53]:

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Monitor/display works great in X (such as right now), but it's when I go to init 3 that the screen appears crazy. So I'm assuming it's something independent of the X settings.

You are right, I am WRONG. Has nothing to do with X.

Look into the logon settings for your display, mine is 'vga=0x31A'.

A listing of the display modes is @ /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt

You might also try when booting inserting the phrase 'vga=normal' just as you would 'init 3' or '3' during the boot process.

When you find the correct setting, change the line in /boot/grub/menu.lst -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

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Trey Sizemore

21:04

New subject: [SLE] Weird screen display when init 3 selected

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 12:00:56 -0500 Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Trey Sizemore [09-05-04 11:53]:

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Monitor/display works great in X (such as right now), but it's when I go to init 3 that the screen appears crazy. So I'm assuming it's something independent of the X settings.

You are right, I am WRONG. Has nothing to do with X.

Look into the logon settings for your display, mine is 'vga=0x31A'.

A listing of the display modes is @ /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt

You might also try when booting inserting the phrase 'vga=normal' just as you would 'init 3' or '3' during the boot process.

When you find the correct setting, change the line in /boot/grub/menu.lst

I made the change to 'vga=normal'. I'll see if that fixes it the next time I need to go to init 3. Thanks. -- Cheers, Trey A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. Linux salamander 2.6.8-6cvs20040902123957-default #1 Thu Sep 2 12:39:57 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux 5:03pm up 1 day 18:38, 3 users, load average: 0.44, 0.38, 0.29

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peter Nikolic

23:25

New subject: [SLE] Weird screen display when init 3 selected

On Sunday 05 Sep 2004 17:56, Trey Sizemore wrote:

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 10:57:09 -0500

Patrick Shanahan wrote:

...
It appears that your horizontal or vertical frequencies are not correct in /etc/X11/XF86Config, look under section "Monitor". Listed mine below:

Section "Monitor" Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry" DisplaySize 380 300 HorizSync 31-84 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "1280X1024@75HZ" Option "DPMS" VendorName "--> LCD" VertRefresh 56-75 UseModes "Modes[0]" Gamma 1.00 1.00 1.00 # created by KGamma EndSection

HorizSync and VertRefresh are where you are interested. To find the correct rates, google for the settings for your monitor or look on the windoz install disk for and *.inf file. You will find the rates there.

gud luk,

Here's mine, which are right according to iiyama info:

Section "Monitor" DisplaySize 360 270 HorizSync 27-102 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "VISION MASTER 450" Option "DPMS" VendorName "IIYAMA" VertRefresh 50-160 UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection

Monitor/display works great in X (such as right now), but it's when I go to init 3 that the screen appears crazy. So I'm assuming it's something independent of the X settings.

Which driver are you using nv or nvidia ie have you installed the stuff from nvidia or running stock cd install stuff..? IF you are running the Nvidia stuff i had the same problems Try settings similar to these in the Device section .. of main interest are the Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV" and Option "NvAGP" "1" these fixed my display now i can go to consol mode no problems . Section "Device" BoardName "GeForce FX5200" BusID "1:0:0" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "sw_cursor" Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV" Option "NvAGP" "1" Screen 0 VendorName "NVidia" EndSection Pete . -- Linux user No: 256242 Machine No: 139931 G6NJR Pete also MSA registered "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan PGN

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The Purple Tiger

17:10

New subject: [SLE] Weird screen display when init 3 selected

On Sunday 05 September 2004 16:51, Trey Sizemore wrote:

For the last month of so, when I leave X (say by going to init 3 for kernel upgrades & nvidia driver fixes) my display goes haywire.

Hey there Trey, It looks like something that has been described on the list in the past. Try adding the following to your grub boot line: vga=normal Hope this helps, Jon

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