Re: [gentoo-user] problem with video parameters on Grub

[Martins Steinbergs]

i'm using with ATI 9600

kernel line  -  video=radeonfb:mtrr:ywrap vga=7 splash=verbose


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On Friday 12 August 2005 14:19, Assaf Urieli wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to install Gentoo 2005.1, using the genkernel script, on a
> Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop with an ATI|Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x graphics
> card.
> My kernel is kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6
>
> When I reboot, Grub kicks in and I can select my Linux Gentoo operating
> system no problem.
> It then gives me a working console, allows me to login & run commands,
> but the screen itself has gone haywire:
> about 1 out of every 5 characters is garbled and flickering, and the
> same screen appears about 4 times on my monitor (with four little
> penguins, two cut in half).
> This is with the grub.conf settings below:
> *****************************************
> default 0
> timeout 30
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>
> title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r11
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0
> init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev
> video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap,1024x768-32@60
> initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6
> *********************************************
>
> I've tried changing the video parameters to:
> video=vesafb:mtrr,1024x768-32@60
> video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap,800x600-32@60
> vga=0x318 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap
> and even nothing at all for video
>
> In each of these four cases, the result is even worse: a screen with
> thick flickering lines slowly climbing up from the bottom towards the
> top of the monitor.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> Assaf Urieli
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