Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] Alpha 1.15

[Uel A. <ue...@gm...>]

It is not possible to specify video drivers
Can you try booting that box with "gui vga=normal"



On Aug 22, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Newt <gen...@gm...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Testing 1.15 on home built system: AMD Athlon 1800+, Abit Siluro  
> FX5200 Nvidia
> 128mb agp, 2gb ram, msi mb w/ nvidia chipset
>
> Hit enter, go through bootsplash, config monitor resolution,  
> 'testing X... hold
> tight' goes by, ~9 lines of text with the last being 'logging into  
> root' - at this
> point my monitor goes out (no signal; as if the computer shut off)  
> but the
> computer is still running. I can switch between TTYs and regain  
> monitor but going
> back to TTY2 (jwm/gui) monitor goes blank/no_signal.
>
> In case it matters: This system is connected via kvm, however the  
> system runs
> VL6StdGold via kvm with no problems. And I test another system  
> (p3/256mbram) same
> way - works fine.
>
> Is it possible to dictate which video driver to use at some point  
> during the
> booting/initialization process? For instance, to pass 'nv' as the  
> video driver to
> use when starting X.
>
> Cheers, newt
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
> Saturday, August 22, 2009, 9:48:24 AM, you wrote:
>
> ua> New ISO's up:
> ua> ftp://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/Uelsk8s/test/VL6.0-SOHO-A1.15.iso
> ua> ftp://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/Uelsk8s/test/VL6.0-SOHO-A1.15-CD2.iso
>
> ua> CD2 is an exact copy of VL6.0-SOHO-A1.14-CD2.iso so if you have  
> that iso
> ua> still you can save the bandwidth and rename it.
> ua> we have a new installer in this with a few more bugfixes, and  
> new grub and
> ua> os-prober packages.
>
> ua> let us know how it works for you.
> ua> when reporting bugs please give as much info about the hardware  
> and install
> ua> type(from cdrom or ISO) as possible.
>
> ua> Thanks,
> ua> Uel
>
>
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