On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Johan Wessberg wrote:
> Hi, I am not able to setup my 15" LCD monitor on my Cube system
> ("old" type, with Rage128Pro).
>
> I can install everything using install-text, but I cannot set up the
> video mode, and I get an error if I select the fbdev driver. OK, so I
> choose not to start X when booting Linux.
>
> HOWEVER, the problem is that **I cannot get to a text-only mode**
> when rebooting the system! Linux seems to be booting OK, but all I
> get is a black monitor with a quickly flashing power light.
>
> Is there any way to boot to a text-only mode, much like the mode that
> is used during "install-text" on the Install CD? If I only can get my
> Linux system up in text mode, I can always try to proceed and try to
> install fbdev drivers and so on...
Do you see the prompts while booting? When it starts, it first prompts
along the lines of "M" for Mac OS, "L" for Linux, and "C" for CDROM. After
hitting L, you get another boot prompt. Try thing this at the prompt (you
may have to type it blindly, which is why I mentioned the above boot
choices)
linux text video=ofonly
This will use the OpenFirmware video (which is guaranteed to work), and
the text tells it to skip the graphical aurora boot. That should get you
in to text mode.
Once it it up and running, you can try getting the graphics to work. I
have seen reports that booting with "linux video=aty128fb:vmode:14" will
use a mode that the LCD can handle.
Ian
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Ian White
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