Re: Installation problem

From: Richard (rh90p_at_comcast.net)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:49:42 -0700

This is coming from your X server setup and it is saying that your monitor
doesnt have the capability to display the resolution you chose. Did you
click the 'Test' button when you did your install?

To fix it first look on the back of the monitor and copy down the mfgr and
model. These is usually also specifications for the vertical and
horizontal refresh rates the monitor supports but not always. Copy that
down also. Then, presuming that you can get to a text mode screen, run
sax2 and set the correct values. These values directly affect what
resolutions can be used.

I have personal experience: if you overdrive a monitor it will soon die.
In my case I had a minor explosion and then everything went black. So
youre lucky that the system detected an incorrect setting. Note: older
monitors cant respond to the system to tell it the info.

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:07:22 +0100, Peter (dsl) wrote:

> Hi all you gurus,
>
> I have an installation problem.
>
> I've finally got myself a dsl router and so I can try again to get back to
> Linux. So I got out my SuSE 8.2 distro and tried to install, but as soon as
> the kernel loads I get the following message from the graphics software:
>
> Signal frequency is out of range:
> H: 63.9
> V: 59.9
> Please alter the frequencies. (or words to that effect)
>
> I tried all the installation options (Safe installation, Manual installation
> etc), but nothing worked: and I can't carry on because the text on the
> screen is totally unreadable.
>
> Any ideas on what I can do?
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter