[CS-FSLUG] Machine dying?

[Fred A. Miller]

On Tue March 22 2005 7:58 pm, Ed Hurst wrote:
> No version of SUSE will display properly after the initial splash. I get
> a horizontal hash that repeats parts of the screen. When I blindly hit
> the "text" option and got a clear console, hitting ENTER for boot
> immediately dropped into harddrive boot (which is FreeBSD 4.11 right
> now). This happens with 8.2 & 9.1; 9.2 simply sends a signal that is
> out of range for my monitor. Please note that SUSE has *always* missed
> detecting this monitor (Samsung 900DF 19" CRT) calling it an LCD.

Install SUSE 9.2 again, however, do a "custom" install and during the config. 
process you have a change to edit various parts of the setup. Edit the "run 
level" to bootup into konsole. Once installed and it's booted, THEN run sax2 
and MANUALLY setup the video card and monitor.

Fred

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