Re: [SLE] Video mode problem, can't get into Yast (Dell laptop)

From: Paul W. Abrahams (abrahams_at_acm.org)
Date: 03/19/05

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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:01:40 -0500

    On Saturday 19 March 2005 1:27 pm, Carl E. Hartung wrote:
     
    > First, boot to run level 3 (no X.) I do this by just hitting the number "3"
    key in grub before booting into SuSE.
    >
    > Then log in as root and run "yast" to launch YaST2 in ncurses (text-based)
    mode.

    OK, that did it. Now I'm at the next problem (groan).

    I can now get a legible screen. The problem with it is that it has a visual
    effect that I can best describe as a darker horizontal region that moves down
    the screen several times a second. I've been trying to find a monitor
    setting that eliminate that effect, with no success. The one that logically
    should do it -- Dell laptop @1024 -- does not do it. I've also tried the LCD
    monitor settings, and they are no better.

    A complication in dealing with this is that as far as I can determine Dell
    provides no specs on its screen.

    Paul 

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