Stewart B Lone on 2 Nov 2005 16:58:35 -0000 |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eric Lucas wrote: > I find myself in a strange position. > > My monitor went "pffftt!" earlier today so I broke down and bought a > 19" flat panel (TFT-LCD) and it's really beautiful... under WINDOWS! > > When I boot SuSE 9.3 it shows me the brief Grub info (after I select > what to boot) and then I get the little floating "Not Optimum Mode - > 1280x1024 60 HZ Recommended". Well, too bad for me since I cannot > get the darn thing to stop switching into whatever mode it is that > gives me this error. I've tried booting with "vga=791", "fb=1024x768", > "splash=0", etc. without success. I've commented the entire > /etc/fb.config file except for 640x480 @ 60 hz without success. > > I've also ran YAST from SSH and invoked SaX2 - no joy just a long "hang" > time before I finally hit ctrl-c. > > It appears that even when running in runlevel 3 and looking at Virtual > Consoles the video is too darn fast. > > Any suggestions as to how I slow this mother down long enough to get > it properly configured? Something like: fb=1024x768@60 would be nice > but that's useless like the others :-( > > TIA > > Eric > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > I would take my original install disk, configure to install from disc and when the splash screen comes up choose "install". There will be a subsequent menu for "repair", "upgrade", and new install. I forget which one, but I think "repair" can get you back to monitor setup, I think SaX2. You can get to the same spot from root Yast, but when using the install disc I think prioritys are different. Just a thought. Stewart -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDaOuWCDL5mm1wnCURAkUiAJ0RWv9Kd9JOHCdh5p6VTChx+DkrIQCgm7Vq 8hUZZ5/ichuv78hZWx/53h8= =SCLZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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