I just want to thank you for the help, Civileme. No one likes problems with their machines but I guess the fun would be lost if everything were trivial and too easy. It has been an incredible boost of computer knowledge since I moved to the linux world. The linux community has really showed its strength. I'm glad I did the change from my previous OS. Keep up the good work.
/Edvard -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Edvard Wikström wrote: >You were right Civileme, as soon as I changed to the nonframebuffer image I got the >screen back at boot. Yes, it is a Matrox card, I got the three small bars (I hope you >meant left instead of right) at the left corner and the graphics at the package >section. So it must be something strange. I'm happy that I can se what happens at >boot, I guess I will have to keep with the nonfb option. Just to make thing clear, >what difference is there between the normal image and the nonfb image? > >/Edvard > > >-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >Edvard Wikström wrote: > >>Hello again, >> >>Civileme, I followed your suggestion I tried the memory test program. I don´t know >what conclusion to make of it. It took it 50 min to finish and then it started again. >I was expectiing a "status report" or a "summary". I didn´t get any information >about the memory health. Is this a normal behavior of the program? >>Back to my problem. I used the CD2 and selected the 2.2.14 kernel, it worked (I had >to strugle a little with the partioning, it didn´t like my partioning strategy). I >still have this strange problem though. When i boot the machine I got no conection >with the screen, it is ofline during the startup. >>Only at the login when X starts I get the monitor and image back. I´m really amazed >about what it wrong. Could it be the graphic card? >> >>/Edvard >> >> >Hmmm, > >You have a Matrox? Possibly it is being recognized as mainstream and is >instead Dell-Speciifc custom OEM order. Dell and Compaq have been doing >little tweaks like that either to save money or to control aftermarket >or both, nd of course they were big enough to have custom OEM products >made to their specs. > >Well, it is likely that.... > >1. The Matrox as a mainstream card _is_ a framebuffer capable device. > >2. Yours is not. > >3. The default boot is a framebuffer kernel. > >Do uou have another boot image labeled linux-nonfb? You will need to >look at Boot Configuration in the Mandrake Control Center and see what >is set up, because if it is as I speculated, you could not see the boot >screen. If you have a nonfb boot, use it and you will see the >traditional status plus green OK while it is booting. > >On install, did it show three small bars (blue, yellow,white) on the >lower right side of the screen for theme change or four smaller pastel >bars (two blue, one gray, and... ) and did the install packages section >simply show two bars with the names of the packages or did it rotate >through some graphics? If it did the former case, then framebuffer was >not up and the graphic install was running VGA. If it did the latter >and then the behavior on boot is as you described, we have a really >unique case to log. > > >Civileme > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________s_p_r_a_y_ >Här börjar Internet! >Skaffa gratis e-mail och gratis Internet på http://www.spray.se > >Anmäl ditt intresse för Spray ADSL bredband! http://www.spray.se/adsl/intresse > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > framebuffer can give you a 1024x768 screen in 16-bit color without a card-specific driver. The card must support framebuffer; however. Matrox Mystique is a known framebuffer supporter--In fact the Matrox I sometimes use on the Compaq Professional Workstation 5000 is almost exactly the same model and DOES support framebuffer. That "almost exactly" is the kicker. The card probably IDs itself in the same way but is an OEM version without framebuffer support, which confuses XFdrake because the ID matches framebuffer in the database, so you are picked to receive a framebuffer enabled kernel and to have a graphical boot screen. The nonfb kernel doesn't have the FBDev compiled in and works with the normal video drivers only, while the framebuffer kernel can do either. The DrakX installer first tries to bring up frambuffer for the install then falls back to the VGA if framebuffer doesn't work. On some systems, I go for the FBDev driver as the video and forget trying to configure the video chipset. It is sometimes faster. I am running a Toshiba 430CDT with framebuffer X. Civileme _________________________________________s_p_r_a_y_ Här börjar Internet! Skaffa gratis e-mail och gratis Internet på http://www.spray.se Anmäl ditt intresse för Spray ADSL bredband! http://www.spray.se/adsl/intresse
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