Subject: Re: Out of Range

[Brian Wootton]

On Monday 23 November 2009 18:58:35 Brian Wootton wrote:

> > After a great deal of hassle I managed to get my 64AMD to
> > notice a karmic boot CD only to be stopped short by the
> > monitor error 'out of range 35.4 kHz / 79 Hz', my other monitor
> > told me 'unsupported parameters'. Anybody know of a way
> > round this? These monitors are not old, but I am and I'm
> > getting just a touch short-tempered.
>   

Same here. New monitor. Out of range - duh. It's the new grub2 doing 
its things. I liked to see the boot messages scroll by, and 
accordingly deleted the old grub stanza part 'quiet splash' in the 
menu.lst file.

That file isn't in grub2 anymore. Instead ther's a grub.cfg - but 
don't touch it. It is generated anew each time the system is 
updated. Instead, open the file
/etc/default/grub with any tect editor as root. Then, edit the line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="gfxpayload=text"
as shown.

Save the file and then: 'sudo update-grub'

On your next boot, your monitor will still be out of range, but show 
you the boot messages in big, ugly text. At least you can follow the 
boot process and see what happens. It will probably boot OK into 
graphics mode with no further ado.

Kaj Haulrich.
-- --- Sent from a 100% Microsoft-free computer--- --------- Running 
Linux Kubuntu 9.10 --------- Thanks, kaj, I'll try it next time I try to 
install kubuntu! Think I'll try Mandriva again, kubuntu karmic has 
acquired too many fluffy features for my tired old brain to remember the 
work-arounds for. brian