OK, I found out that the below problem was caused by a modeline I added to XF89config in order to get 1600x1200 resolution. I copied it from the SuSE 7.0 installation. Well, I didn't plan on giving up my 1600x1200 resolution so I did a little more fiddling with lilo.conf. By removing *both* the vga= line and the menu-scheme lines it now works. I didn't like that fancy treatment on tty1 anyway! On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:56:34AM -0500, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
Hi,
Just installed SuSE 7.2 and am having a problem (actually, a couple of problems, but this note focuses on one of them).
My tty consoles don't work.
Here is the symptom: When I use ctrl-alt-F1 (or F2, etc.) to switch to a tty, my monitor puts up an error message:
INVALID SCAN FREQUENCY
Yes, this is displayed by the monitor itself.
One thing I tried to fix it was to edit /etc/lilo.conf and change "vga = 771" to "vga = normal" (then run lilo). This had an effect but didn't fix the problem. The effect is that with this, the screen is completely blank, except for a blinking cursor at the upper-left corner.
Basic question: Is it the responsibility of X to switch out of the video mode or is it the responsibility of the tty to switch into text/vga mode?
I still have a few things to try, but can't do so until tomorrow so I thought I'd post this message to see if anyone had any ideas.
Oh yes, I have a Matrox G450 video card and a Hitachi CM771 monitor. This all works fine on SuSE 7.0, which I have upgraded to XFree86 version 4.0.3 (same as what's in SuSE 7.2).
Thanks. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Robert Paulsen paulsen@texas.net
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