[SOLVED] CTRL+ALT+{F1...F6} = input not supported by ACER monitor

[kevcoder]

if I try to go to one of the six consoles (CTRL+ALT+{F1...F6}), i get an "input not supported" message from my monitor. This is the same thing I'd see if I turned the monitor on with the powerd off.

I also see this just after post and just before Mint boots to the login screen.

CTRL+ALT+F7 brings me back to my X session, so this is not critical, but...

The monitor is an ACER, I don't recall the model as I'm at work. Before Linux, I ran WIN7 from this rig and never experienced this after the POST.

What to do?

[atreyu]

you can try setting the video mode at boot time. interrupt the grub boot prompt, and do something like:

vga=normal nomodeset

or

vga=ask

[kevcoder]

ok except, like I said, after the post check and the "press for delete to edit boot menu" bios screen I can't see anything. The screen goes black and the "input not supported" message pops up on the screen until I end up at GDM.

Can this be edited after logging in?

I'm still within my first year of linux, so if I may be missing something obvious.

[kevcoder]

I found the solution on the Linux Mint Forums

forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=90630