[arch-general] kernel vga setting problems

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Ralph Alvy

23 Jun 2008 23 Jun '08

5:01 a.m.

Why is it that after the last few upgrades with pacman I can't use any 'vga=nnn' setting anymore in my grub menu.lst? I used to use 'vga=792' 'vga=795', if memory serves me here. I keep ending up with a message at boot time that tells me the video mode selected is no recognized.

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Aaron Schaefer

23 Jun 23 Jun

2:56 p.m.

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Ralph Alvy wrote:

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Why is it that after the last few upgrades with pacman I can't use any 'vga=nnn' setting anymore in my grub menu.lst? I used to use 'vga=792' 'vga=795', if memory serves me here. I keep ending up with a message at boot time that tells me the video mode selected is no recognized.

Are you using an older Nvidia card that had support dropped for it in the latest release? If that is the case, there are specific packages for those cards available. -- Aaron "ElasticDog" Schaefer

Ian Snow

5:07 p.m.

On Monday 23 June 2008 15:56:04 Aaron Schaefer wrote:

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On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Ralph Alvy wrote:

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Why is it that after the last few upgrades with pacman I can't use any 'vga=nnn' setting anymore in my grub menu.lst? I used to use 'vga=792' 'vga=795', if memory serves me here. I keep ending up with a message at boot time that tells me the video mode selected is no recognized.

Are you using an older Nvidia card that had support dropped for it in the latest release? If that is the case, there are specific packages for those cards available.

-- Aaron "ElasticDog" Schaefer

Appending edd=off to your kernel line in menu.lst may help

Ralph Alvy

24 Jun 24 Jun

12:26 a.m.

Ian Snow wrote:

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On Monday 23 June 2008 15:56:04 Aaron Schaefer wrote:

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On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Ralph Alvy wrote:

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Why is it that after the last few upgrades with pacman I can't use any 'vga=nnn' setting anymore in my grub menu.lst? I used to use 'vga=792' 'vga=795', if memory serves me here. I keep ending up with a message at boot time that tells me the video mode selected is no recognized.

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Appending edd=off to your kernel line in menu.lst may help

This works. Thanks!

Ralph Alvy

12:26 a.m.

Aaron Schaefer wrote:

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On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Ralph Alvy wrote:

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Why is it that after the last few upgrades with pacman I can't use any 'vga=nnn' setting anymore in my grub menu.lst? I used to use 'vga=792' 'vga=795', if memory serves me here. I keep ending up with a message at boot time that tells me the video mode selected is no recognized.

Are you using an older Nvidia card that had support dropped for it in the latest release? If that is the case, there are specific packages for those cards available.

-- Aaron "ElasticDog" Schaefer

Not using an older Nvidia card. Using an onboard sis chip.

anka

3 Jul 3 Jul

8:50 a.m.

Ralph Alvy wrote On 23-06-2008 08:01:

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Why is it that after the last few upgrades with pacman I can't use any 'vga=nnn' setting anymore in my grub menu.lst? I used to use 'vga=792' 'vga=795', if memory serves me here. I keep ending up with a message at boot time that tells me the video mode selected is no recognized.

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