Re: [Cooker] Shuttle SK41G : First screen of install (F1 / Enter) is not readable.
Pierre Jarillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I press enter on the very fist screen, the install continues in graphic mode without any problem. Is there a difference of mode between them ? Yes. Lilo/syslinux patches are based on vesa-1.2 and are real mode code. Kernel going framebuffer is based on vesa-2.0 (linear framebuffer). -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] Shuttle SK41G : First screen of install (F1 / Enter) is not readable.
Le Mercredi 5 Novembre 2003 14:18, Guillaume Cottenceau a écrit : Pierre Jarillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I press enter on the very first screen, the install continues in graphic mode without any problem. Is there a difference of mode between them ? Yes. Lilo/syslinux patches are based on vesa-1.2 and are real mode code. Kernel going framebuffer is based on vesa-2.0 (linear framebuffer). Sure, you have found ! Lilo is self-installed in text mode. After the first install I have found grub by default. I hope a line in Errata ? Lilo should be pached in the future or are they hardware which don't understand vesa-2.0 ? In this case, is a detection possible ? -- Pierre Jarillon - http://pjarillon.free.fr/ Vice-président de l'ABUL : http://abul.org/
Re: [Cooker] Shuttle SK41G : First screen of install (F1 / Enter) is not readable.
Pierre Jarillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Le Mercredi 5 Novembre 2003 14:18, Guillaume Cottenceau a écrit : Pierre Jarillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I press enter on the very first screen, the install continues in graphic mode without any problem. Is there a difference of mode between them ? Yes. Lilo/syslinux patches are based on vesa-1.2 and are real mode code. Kernel going framebuffer is based on vesa-2.0 (linear framebuffer). Sure, you have found ! Lilo is self-installed in text mode. After the first install I have found grub by default. I hope a line in Errata ? Well why not but I don't understand what was the problem. Can you propose an errata maybe? Please submit it in the form of the other erratas (error scenario/why/solution). Lilo should be pached in the future or are they hardware which don't understand vesa-2.0 ? In this case, is a detection possible ? I don't understand what you mean. Once again, our patch to lilo and syslinux use vesa-1.2 calls (in real mode assembly). This is typically *more* compatible than vesa-2.0 and linear framebuffer. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] Shuttle SK41G : First screen of install (F1 / Enter) is not readable.
Le Mercredi 5 Novembre 2003 17:41, Guillaume Cottenceau a écrit : Pierre Jarillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Le Mercredi 5 Novembre 2003 14:18, Guillaume Cottenceau a écrit : Pierre Jarillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I press enter on the very first screen, the install continues in graphic mode without any problem. Is there a difference of mode between them ? Yes. Lilo/syslinux patches are based on vesa-1.2 and are real mode code. Kernel going framebuffer is based on vesa-2.0 (linear framebuffer). Sure, you have found ! Lilo is self-installed in text mode. After the first install I have found grub by default. I hope a line in Errata ? Well why not but I don't understand what was the problem. Can you propose an errata maybe? Please submit it in the form of the other erratas (error scenario/why/solution). I suggest this (my english is very poor, please, do corrections) : iError scenario:/i bShuttle SK41G : First screen of install shows horizontal stripes./b briWhy:/i Hardware not compliant with old vesa-1.2 used by LILO. briSolution:/i Don't worry ! Press Enter to continue (install or update from CD) or F1 for other modes. Once again, our patch to lilo and syslinux use vesa-1.2 calls (in real mode assembly). This is typically *more* compatible than vesa-2.0 and linear framebuffer. Yes, but it does't work at all ! -- Pierre Jarillon - http://pjarillon.free.fr/ Vice-président de l'ABUL : http://abul.org/
Re: [Cooker] Shuttle SK41G : First screen of install (F1 / Enter) is not readable.
Pierre Jarillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I suggest this (my english is very poor, please, do corrections) : iError scenario:/i bShuttle SK41G : First screen of install shows horizontal stripes./b briWhy:/i Hardware not compliant with old vesa-1.2 used by LILO. briSolution:/i Don't worry ! Press Enter to continue (install or update from CD) or F1 for other modes. I'm not sure it deserves an errata, especially since waiting for timeout or pushing enter or esc cures the problem. Anyway, that's up to Vincent. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] Shuttle SK41G : First screen of install (F1 / Enter) is not readable.
On Nov 05, 2003, at 15:52, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
Pierre Jarillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I suggest this (my english is very poor, please, do corrections) :
iError scenario:/i
bShuttle SK41G : First screen of install shows horizontal
stripes./b
briWhy:/i
Hardware not compliant with old vesa-1.2 used by LILO.
briSolution:/i
Don't worry ! Press Enter to continue (install or update from CD) or
F1 for
other modes.
I'm not sure it deserves an errata, especially since waiting for
timeout or pushing enter or esc cures the problem.
Anyway, that's up to Vincent.
Personally, I agree with you on this one. I don't think this is
necessary.
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Re: [Cooker] Shuttle SK41G : First screen of install (F1 / Enter) is not readable.
Pierre Jarillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ah yes? First time I hear that this very compatible vesa-1.2 only stuff doesn't work :/. Perhaps some settings in the bios ? There a two settings: - video RAM Cacheable [enabled|disabled] - VGA Share Memory Size This size is now 8 M. Is this enough ? 16M, 32M ? 800x600x16bit would fit in 8 Mb without a problem.. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] Shuttle SK41G : First screen of install (F1 / Enter) is not readable.
Le Mardi 4 Novembre 2003 14:13, Guillaume Cottenceau a écrit : Pierre Jarillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ah yes? First time I hear that this very compatible vesa-1.2 only stuff doesn't work :/. Perhaps some settings in the bios ? There a two settings: - video RAM Cacheable [enabled|disabled] - VGA Share Memory Size This size is now 8 M. Is this enough ? 16M, 32M ? 800x600x16bit would fit in 8 Mb without a problem. Of course ! When I press enter on the very fist screen, the install continues in graphic mode without any problem. Is there a difference of mode between them ? Is there enough time between swiching the mode and writing the buffer ? The processor is Athlon 1.6G, RAM=512M This is a minor bug but sadly, it's the first screen ! I have installed the shuttle in an oenologic center. People were impressed with the powerful Shuttle and Mdk 9.2 I had prepared for them. -- Pierre Jarillon - http://pjarillon.free.fr/ Vice-président de l'ABUL : http://abul.org/
Re: [Cooker] Shuttle SK41G : First screen of install (F1 / Enter) is not readable.
Adam Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After install, everything works fine. Been reported before, I think. It's some kind of flaw in the SK41G's onboard graphics, I'm not entirely sure there's much Mandrake can do about it. Ah yes? First time I hear that this very compatible vesa-1.2 only stuff doesn't work :/. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] Shuttle SK41G : First screen of install (F1 / Enter) is not readable.
Le Lundi 3 Novembre 2003 12:34, Guillaume Cottenceau a écrit : Adam Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After install, everything works fine. Been reported before, I think. It's some kind of flaw in the SK41G's onboard graphics, I'm not entirely sure there's much Mandrake can do about it. Ah yes? First time I hear that this very compatible vesa-1.2 only stuff doesn't work :/. Perhaps some settings in the bios ? There a two settings: - video RAM Cacheable [enabled|disabled] - VGA Share Memory Size This size is now 8 M. Is this enough ? 16M, 32M ? -- Pierre Jarillon - http://pjarillon.free.fr/ Vice-président de l'ABUL : http://abul.org/
Re: [Cooker] Shuttle SK41G : First screen of install (F1 / Enter) is not readable.
On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 23:24, Pierre Jarillon wrote: Main board FX41 Video VT8751 [ProSavageDDR P4M266] When booting on the CD1, the first screen ( F1 or Enter ) is not readable. it shows only horizontal blue stripes. The monitor iiyama Pro451 is not the problem, because it occurs with another monitor (ViewSonic M70). If I press Enter, the install continues in graphic mode (frame buffer) without any problem! After install, everything works fine. Been reported before, I think. It's some kind of flaw in the SK41G's onboard graphics, I'm not entirely sure there's much Mandrake can do about it. -- adamw
[Cooker] Shuttle SK41G : First screen of install (F1 / Enter) is not readable.
Main board FX41 Video VT8751 [ProSavageDDR P4M266] When booting on the CD1, the first screen ( F1 or Enter ) is not readable. it shows only horizontal blue stripes. The monitor iiyama Pro451 is not the problem, because it occurs with another monitor (ViewSonic M70). If I press Enter, the install continues in graphic mode (frame buffer) without any problem! After install, everything works fine. -- Pierre Jarillon - http://pjarillon.free.fr/ Vice-président de l'ABUL : http://abul.org/
