Re: [SLE] SuSE Installation runs monitor Out of Range

From: Carl William Spitzer IV (cwsiv_at_myrealbox.com)
Date: 05/24/04

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Date: 24 May 2004 11:34:24 -0700

    in console
    su
    init 3
    SaX2 -l to force to a safe 800x600
    SaX2 and follow the usual prompts.

    I was doing this on a 15" travel monitor at the local yesterday.
    thankfully I remembered the sequence because the screen was illegable.

    Now its fine.

    CWSIV

    On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 05:29, Terje J. Hanssen wrote:
    > 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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