In changing from a crt to a lcd monitor I was stymied for a while as the lcd monitor would freeze the boot process due to refresh rates which were too high. I couldn't figure out why as I had carefully changed the monitor designation and adjusted the resolution to keep the refresh rate within the lcd monitor's limits. I happen to see vga= 0x??? in the grub definition and when I changed the designation it worked! It's too bad that yaast/sax does not adjust the vga= parameter for a monitor change - it should as it's part and parcel of the monitor's settings. It should be submitted as an improvement. I know that there's a listing of the values for the vga=???? parameter - does anybody know where to find the table? I looked in the suse db but couldn't find it? -- Cheers, Serge [Naggar Consulting]
Serge Naggar wrote:
I know that there's a listing of the values for the vga=???? parameter - does anybody know where to find the table? I looked in the suse db but couldn't find it?
hwinfo --framebuffer -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871
Serge Naggar wrote:
I know that there's a listing of the values for the vga=???? parameter - does anybody know where to find the table? I looked in the suse db but couldn't find it?
hwinfo --framebuffer --
It's also in the SuSE manuals - along with anything else you might want to know about Linux generally, and SuSE in particular. David
Serge Naggar wrote:
In changing from a crt to a lcd monitor I was stymied for a while as the lcd monitor would freeze the boot process due to refresh rates which were too high. I couldn't figure out why as I had carefully changed the monitor designation and adjusted the resolution to keep the refresh rate within the lcd monitor's limits.
I happen to see vga= 0x??? in the grub definition and when I changed the designation it worked!
It's too bad that yaast/sax does not adjust the vga= parameter for a monitor change - it should as it's part and parcel of the monitor's settings. It should be submitted as an improvement.
I know that there's a listing of the values for the vga=???? parameter - does anybody know where to find the table? I looked in the suse db but couldn't find it?
As 'root', use any editor to examine the script '/sbin/mkinitrd'. Search for the string "vga=". In my version of 'mkinitrd' it's found around line 292, yours may be different. The "vga=" string is found in a block of code that sets the startup bootsplash screen. Within that block of code is a 'case' statement that lists the supported values for "vga=" in the GRUB 'menu.lst'. Regards, Larry
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David Robertson
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Joe Morris (NTM)
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Larry I Smith
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Serge Naggar