i got to the 'setup' menu and could only choose 800x600 or 640x480, and
tried to choose generic lcd as opposed to generic crt; it the seemed to
save some changes but when i rebooted it went to 'out of range' after
grub/boot;
barclay
Craig White wrote:
Tim suggested runlevel 3 and I may have led you down the wrong path
on
runlevel 1.
either change the 1 to a 3 in my instructions or if you are already on
the computer, type 'init 3' to switch to runlevel 3. Then try to run
'startx'
Craig
On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 17:39 -0400, barclay982 wrote:
> i just tried you idea and it seemed to work, the append args; but it
> ended up telling me, after i ran system-config-display --reconfig this
> message: "no video cards were found on this machine"
> any idea(s)?
>
> thanks much,
>
> barclay
>
> Craig White wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 18:31 -0400, barclay982 wrote:
>>
>>
>>> i have not even got the the point of executing xwindows, i only get out
>>> of the bios, into lilo or the like, how do i get to the xwindows
>>> settings from lilo?
>>>
>>> barclay
>>>
>>> Test wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> i meant checking the settings of your X-windows...
>>>>
>>>> Your X-windows settings are probably set incorrect. (too high a
>>>> resolution for your monitor...)
>>>>
>>>> Don't have the details at hand, do some googling for X-windows and
>>>> resolution settings..
>>>>
>>>>
>> ----
>> boot screen where it counts down before it boots is not lilo but rather
>> grub.
>>
>> If you press the letter 'a' in grub, it allows you to 'append'
arguments
>> to kernel for booting.
>>
>> If you add the number one (1) to the boot line, press 'Enter' and press
>> 'b', you will then boot with the option 1 which means boot to runlevel 1
>>
>> at that point, try executing the command...
>>
>> system-config-display --reconfig
>>
>> and see if you can configure the display settings appropriately. Once
>> you changed your settings, click OK to save the changes and exit. You
>> can test by running the command 'startx'
>>
>> If all works well, type 'init 5' to get to normal runlevel or just
>> reboot by typing 'shutdown now -r'
>>
>> Craig
>>
>>
>>