Re: LCD monitor and Suse 8.2

From: Michael George (BoGus_at_invalid_addres.forThe.net)
Date: 04/13/04


Date: 12 Apr 2004 23:25:16 GMT

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 23:11:34 +0100, Graeme Lornie <g.lornie@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> I have just installed Suse 8.2 and it recognised my old CRT monitor but
> when I replaced it with a Hyundai LCD monitor things went pearshaped.
>
> The monitor displayed the error message that the display mode was not
> supported so I booted Suse into it's version of safe mode. When I get to
> the command prompt I enter Sax2 and change the monitor selection to LCD
> running 1024x768 on 60Hz. It then displays the test page and everything
> appears fine so I exit and reboot only to get the same error message.
>
> I have had a look at the XF86Config file but can't see anything, any
> suggestions?

Tell it to use "vga=0x0317" as a kernel parameter and see if that helps.

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