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The problem I had/have is that during boot while starting gdm my LCD monitor (CTX PV700) complained with "Signal Out Of Range", "H:36.8 kHz V:82.2 Hz", "Mode Should Be Below", "1280 x 1024 / 75 Hz". This message shows for approximately 4 seconds, and then the X-server seems to work normally. After a morning of googling and experimenting with several settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (I even copied a Knoppix version in, which did not have this problem in Knoppix) I gave up because nothing seemed to have any influence on the problem. Then this afternoon I started googling to find out how to change the fontsize in my tty's. After adding a vga parameter to the kernel in grub my "Signal Out Of Range" problem disapeared. As far as my experiments go it does not seem to matter what value the vga parameter has. This finding is consistent with Knoppix and openSuSE not having this problem, because both these distributions change to a smaller console font. Below I will add some additional information on the versions I am running. I will be happy do give additional info if needed, and I can. Kind regards Hans ======================================================================== -- J. Bieshaar Ringstraat 12 6005 NW Swartbroek Netherlands tel. +31 (495) 55 26 66 ======================================================================== $ uname -a Linux hb003 2.6.18-4-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 21 14:29:38 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux ======================================================================== xserver-xorg version 1:7.1.0-13 ======================================================================== /etc/X11/xorg.conf: # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" # path to defoma fonts FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" EndSection Section "Module" Load "i2c" Load "bitmap" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]" Driver "ati" BusID "PCI:5:0:0" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" Option "DPMS" HorizSync 28-64 VertRefresh 43-60 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection ======================================================================== /boot/grub/menu.lst: # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) # grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), # grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub # and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/. ## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your # array will desync and will not let you boot your system. default 0 ## timeout sec # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry # (normally the first entry defined). timeout 5 # Pretty colours color cyan/blue white/blue ## password ['--md5'] passwd # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the # command 'lock' # e.g. password topsecret # password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/ # password topsecret # # examples # # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 # root (hd0,0) # makeactive # chainloader +1 # # title Linux # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro # # # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs ## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro # kopt=root=/dev/sda1 ro ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,0) ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=false ## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the ## alternatives ## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5 # defoptions= ## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options ## e.g. lockold=false ## lockold=true # lockold=false ## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option # xenhopt= ## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option # xenkopt=console=tty0 ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(single-user) single # altoptions=(single-user mode) single ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the ## alternative kernel options ## e.g. howmany=all ## howmany=7 # howmany=all ## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option ## e.g. memtest86=true ## memtest86=false # memtest86=true ## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system ## can be true or false # updatedefaultentry=false ## ## End Default Options ## title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-amd64 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-amd64 root=/dev/sda1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-amd64 savedefault title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-amd64 (1280x1024) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-amd64 root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=775 initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-amd64 savedefault title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-amd64 (1024x768) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-amd64 root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=773 initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-amd64 savedefault title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-amd64 (800x600) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-amd64 root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=771 initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-amd64 savedefault title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-amd64 (640x480) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-amd64 root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=769 initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-amd64 savedefault title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-amd64 (single-user mode) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-amd64 root=/dev/sda1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-amd64 savedefault ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ======================================================================== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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