[SOLVED] Monitor Out of range when starting system

[trpu]

Hi,
I have got installed the 10.1 Suse Linux. When starting the system, the monitor switchs to the Out of range. When the system goes up, the login screen appears and everythings OK. I have tried to change the resolution but it didnt helped.

Does anybody know how to correct this?
Thank you,
Trpu.

[whych]

Try this:
Login as normal.
Open a terminal and type su and pwd.
now typ init 3
When you get a console, login as root and run sax2 to configure the x-server..
when cinfigured, logout as root and login as normal user and type startx. X-server should now work.
If you have an nvidia or ati video, add the nvideo or ati repo to yast to get the drivers.
Look at: Additional YaST Package Repositories - openSUSE for suggested repos.
Since 10.1 is old in the linux world, consider a newer version.

[trpu]

whych, unfortunatelly, this doesnt work. I`ll get Out of range after init 3. And even if I try to switch to the console manually, pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1. Do you know what with that? Regards, Trpu.

[gogalthorp]

Ok I'm guessing that the terminal mode is set to a lower res then you monitor can reproduce.

Add or change the vga= parameter in the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst to one that will provide a resolution your monitor can use here is the table. note you will need to be root to edit the file.

example

    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-0.13-default root=/dev/sda6 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent showopts

     | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256 | 0x301   0x303     0x305      0x307
32k | 0x310    0x313    0x316      0x319
64k | 0x311    0x314    0x317      0x31A
16M | 0x312   0x315    0x318      0x31B

That should correct the problem

[whych]

Another thing that may be easier:
If the live cd gives an F-key option like the full install at the bottim of the screen, use this to set a default resolution.

[Diana Townsend]

I found the answser to this problem last Dec in the linuxQestions.org forum. Link to file is Suse/Novell - LinuxQuestions.org. I don't remember which suggestion I did that worked, but I printed 13 pages and I used one of the solutions. The post were from 4-21-06 to 9-09-08. Good luck. Hope this helps

[trpu]

Thanks to all, especially to gogalthorp which sollution I used and it worked. Thanks buddy.
Trpu.