Nagging issues...

[brer]

I've recently install Ubuntu 8.10 (fairly new to Linux too) and I have 2 nagging problems that I cannot seem to fix so just wondering if you guys could help or suggest anything.

1. Mouse scroll, when using Firefox and scrolling back up the page it reverts back to the previous page as if I pressed the back button. I don't know if its Firefox that is doing this or the OS. I've checked the mouse settings from GNOME GUI and everything looks in order. When I scroll down its perfect but as soon as I scroll up the previous page appears, anyone else experience this problem.

2. Cannot display this video mode, when I boot I see the boot loader text and some other text stating its loading the kernel and then I get the above message on the monitor, it then loads into GNOME and the display is perfect. Conversely when I shutdown I get the same thing, as some as GNOME quits the screen goes black and the message appears again. Other than that its perfect. I have checked various pages on the web and I guess my video mode is changed in between the boot message and when GNOME is loaded but where is this set and how can I change it so it displays what is happening.

Thanks...

[Kieren]

I'm guessing the error message "Cannot display this video mode" is coming from your monitor and not Linux. I have had this several times and I believe it is because some monitors cannot display the boot sequence for some reason (maybe refresh rates or resolutions?)

I have never bothered to fix this though as the desktops have always worked fine but I'm sure there will be a simple fix for it if you want to.

[devils casper]

1. Mouse scroll, when using Firefox and scrolling back up the page it reverts back to the previous page as if I pressed the back button. I don't know if its Firefox that is doing this or the OS. I've checked the mouse settings from GNOME GUI and everything looks in order. When I scroll down its perfect but as soon as I scroll up the previous page appears, anyone else experience this problem.

Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.

2. Cannot display this video mode, when I boot I see the boot loader text and some other text stating its loading the kernel and then I get the above message on the monitor, it then loads into GNOME and the display is perfect. Conversely when I shutdown I get the same thing, as some as GNOME quits the screen goes black and the message appears again. Other than that its perfect. I have checked various pages on the web and I guess my video mode is changed in between the boot message and when GNOME is loaded but where is this set and how can I change it so it displays what is happening.

vga value is wrong in menu.lst file.
Post the kernel line of /boot/grub/menu.lst file here.

[brer]

I'm guessing the error message "Cannot display this video mode" is coming from your monitor and not Linux. I have had this several times and I believe it is because some monitors cannot display the boot sequence for some reason (maybe refresh rates or resolutions?)

Bang on, I should have mentioned this but yeah it is the monitor message.

Devils Casper, I'm at work at the moment so I'll post xorg.conf and menu.lst when I get back in.

Both, thanks for your replies.

[brer]

OK, contents of etc/X11/xorg.conf

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

and contents of /boot/grub/menu/lst

[SIZE="1"]# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 3

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=1e53101d-b72a-47d5-8cef-0a4713c188f3 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=1e53101d-b72a-47d5-8cef-0a4713c188f3

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic
uuid 1e53101d-b72a-47d5-8cef-0a4713c188f3
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=1e53101d-b72a-47d5-8cef-0a4713c188f3 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 1e53101d-b72a-47d5-8cef-0a4713c188f3
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=1e53101d-b72a-47d5-8cef-0a4713c188f3 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid 1e53101d-b72a-47d5-8cef-0a4713c188f3
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=1e53101d-b72a-47d5-8cef-0a4713c188f3 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 1e53101d-b72a-47d5-8cef-0a4713c188f3
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=1e53101d-b72a-47d5-8cef-0a4713c188f3 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic

title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid 1e53101d-b72a-47d5-8cef-0a4713c188f3
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

[devils casper]

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

It will open xorg.conf file in Gedit with root privileges.

Add this code before Section "Device" - Video Card :

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection

Save file and reboot machine.

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Remove quiet and splash from kernel line and add vga=773 at the end.

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=1e53101d-b72a-47d5-8cef-0a4713c188f3 ro vga=773

Save file and reboot machine.

[brer]

Many thanks Devils Casper your a star, removing the quiet and splash and adding vga=773 works a treat for the cannot display video mode message and has let me see a [FAIL] message that I'm getting from firestarter when starting up, guess its permission based as it always asks me for the root password when I manually start it.

Mouse parameters also worked thank god, you don't know how irritating it was to scroll up and have the browser redirect you the previous page so your forced to use the scroll bars.

Once again thank you...