---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 16 Oct 2007 11:24 Subject: Re: [LIH] display problem in HP Compaq nx6115 notebook To: Pramathesh Ambasta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 15/10/2007, Pramathesh Ambasta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well for a while it seemed as if setting noapic and vga=771 did it. But no. > Here is the relevant section from menu.lst: > > title openSUSE 10.2 > root (hd0,6) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-34-default root=/dev/hda7 noapic vga=771 > resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent showopts acpi=off apm=on Try only line below without resume and apm settings: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-34-default root=/dev/hda7 ro noapic vgahi acpi=off You can add / delete the following also: noapic vgahi or vga=771 nolapic acpi=off I know it is little bit of hit and trial but I have not been able to find any full explanation. For wide screens either vga=771 or vgahi seems to work and it also depends on distro. Debian works with vga=771 while ubuntu needs vgahi. And do post back so others may benefit. -- Regards, Sudev Barar -- Regards, Sudev Barar _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
