[Leaplist] LCD = Out of Range problem - Debian AMD64

Whit Hansell skipper44 at comcast.net
Sun Mar 29 15:08:34 EDT 2009


Tony, thanks for your reply.  While I can't say I understood it enuf to 
actually "fix" my problem, after the fact I went back and a bunch of it 
made sense to me.  I am kinda' dense with a lot of this stuff.  But 
again, thanks for your help.  It is much appreciated.  Thanks a bunch.
Whit

tonyb at abcc.linuxceptional.com wrote:

> <snip>
> If that doesn't work then I suggest experimenting with the vga= part 
> of the grub or lilo config.  Try setting the text display to 0x0f00 or 
> to a resolution that corresponds to the resolution that you are 
> running in X.  See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/svga.txt or
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions
>
> I am not certain that any of the suggestions will help.  Having spent 
> a good part of the week trying to get a triple head X configuration 
> working all I know for sure is there is black magic in the video 
> stuff. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tony
> -- 
> Just when I thought I understood the game they changed the rules...
>
>
>

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