On Wednesday 21 November 2007 20:49, Denis Brown wrote: > Dear List Members, > <snip>
> 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? -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
