[SLE] SuSE Installation runs monitor Out of Range

From: Terje J. Hanssen (nteknikk_at_monet.no)
Date: 05/23/04

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    This is not a new problem for the 9.1 Installation; it has existed since
    I first tried SuSE 8.1 evalution, and I reported it also for 9.0. Maybe
    it can be figured to be a X problem, but it is so stupid that Suse
    seriously should solve it and avoid it! From time to time I see
    correspondingly problems reported, and new users facing this can leave
    Suse Linux before they really are able to begin.

    Currently I have a x86 Athlon PC with a ATI Rage 128 graphic card and a
    good 19" LCD monitor, Viewsonic VP191b, which manages 1280x1024 at
    maximum 75Hz and 24 bit color depth. (But I have experienced
    correspondingly problems with other hardware too).

    Here is what happends:

    On the blue bootscreen after starting the SuSE Installation from CD1 or
    DVD1, I seehave verified that the "F2 menue" is utomatically set to
    1280x1024 resolution. From bad experiences, I know that this immediately
    and temporary has to be manually "stepped down" to 1024x768 using the F2
    key. (It looks like 1280x1024 is preset with 85Hz refresh rate/vertical
    frequence, which my monitor cannot manage).

    I made a fresh New 9.1 Pro full installation and lowered first the
    resolution to 1024x768 with F2. But after the software installation, I
    unhappily didn't discover or test the monitor setting, which during the
    the system configuration had been recognized as and set to VESA
    1280x1024@85. The result: after a full 9.1 installation the system
    rebooted, but then run my monitor "Out of Range" in message box on a
    black screen.

    And I was not able to come out of this problem (tried to "Repair" and
    "Failsafe" without succeed), and had to do a time consuming quite New
    installation. But this time, after the software installation, I changed
    the automatic monitor setting from VESA 1280x1024@85 to LCD
    1280x1024@75, which then worked well with my monitor.

    This problem is too stupid and cumbersome to be true. If one is able to
    do grahical login, it is possible to change the graphic/monitor
    configuration with SaX2. But if one forget at the same time to test the
    configuration, I think the same problem can arise also from here.

    The question is; if one cannot do a graphical login because of running
    "Monitor out of Range", what to do then? Is it possible to "rapair" the
    configuration settings or select a command line login? If so, possibly
    how and where to change/edit the graphical configuration (resolution,
    frequence and color depth)?

    (To compare with CDE/Solaris, it is easy to break the CDE startup, just
    by entering the return key before CDE login screen starts. Then the
    command line login is made available).

    Regards
    Terje J. Hanssen 

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