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From: meino.cramer@×××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Changed monitor and even the BIOS screen doesn't show up.
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:39:42
Message-Id: 20101214153805.GB5817@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Changed monitor and even the BIOS screen doesn't show up. by Mark Knecht
1 Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> [10-12-14 16:26]:
2 > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > > Hi,
4 > >
5 > > I am in the process of switching from the old rig to the new rig.  While
6 > > doing the install I was using a Gateway EV700 monitor and it worked fine.  I
7 > > unhooked the cables from my old rig and moved in the new rig.  The new
8 > > monitor is a Gateway EV910.  When I boot with the Gateway EV910 hooked up,
9 > > it doesn't even come out of power saver mode or show the BIOS screen that
10 > > pops up when I first turn the puter on.  It does work with the one I used to
11 > > install with, EV700.  So, I know the card didn't mess up in the switch.
12 > >
13 > > Since it doesn't even work with the BIOS screen, this is not a OS issue.  Is
14 > > there some setting I have to change to be able to change monitors or am I
15 > > just going nuts here?  What is it about hooking up a different monitor that
16 > > makes it not work?   Both monitors support the same resolutions and I have
17 > > switched these before with my old rig and not a single problem.
18 > >
19 > > What am I missing?  Some new feature that the video card remembers what
20 > > monitor it is supposed to hook up to?
21 > >
22 > > Thoughts?  Fixes would be nice.
23 > >
24 > > Dale
25 >
26 > Like old Bill C. said "I feel your pain."
27 >
28 > I've got a newish Samsung 22" monitor I'm using on this computer. It
29 > works great. However recently I tried reinstalling Gentoo on an older
30 > Mac Mini. This same monitor, when attached to the Mac, would boot
31 > Gentoo from the CD, showing text on the screen for about 10 seconds,
32 > and then seems to go into some sort of power savings mode where the
33 > text becomes so dim that you almost can't read it. I found in that
34 > case I had to turn the lights off to see what the Gentoo install disk
35 > was telling me to do. I figured out what I had to type to get yaboot
36 > to boot, but it was a mess.
37 >
38 > I never found a solution to this and just gave up as the Mac was too
39 > slow. You might look for BIOS level power management stuff and see if
40 > it's turning off or dimming the output?
41 >
42 > Good luck. I feel your pain...
43 >
44 > - Mark
45 >
46
47 In the BIOS try to disable any APM and ACPI stuff....
48
49 Good luck!
50
51 mcc

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