On Wednesday 21 November 2007 20:49, Denis Brown wrote:
> Dear List Members,
>
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> At this point a cold boot.   Disturbingly during the POST there was *no*
> video on screen.   The card and monitor have dual (analogue and digital)
> connections but video did not appear on either.
>
> Once the POST was over and Linux took over things, I get the log-on screen.
>
> Subsequent cold starts repeat this behaviour - it is as if the video card
> has had a "personality change" and now only works in conjunction with the
> Linux OS and the nVidia drivers... it no longer functions "stand alone"
> with just the motherboard BIOS.

What is the vga= parameter in your grub menu, (/boot/grub/menu.lst).
Try putting vga=normal there and see if you get the startup messages.

Alternatively, what happens if boot in failsafe mode, any difference?

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Don
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