Ummm... But then again. I can start X and run linux just fine after I boot without that parameter. Does that mean the mapping of the framebuffer is back to normal after boot?!? I would love to shove this motherboard up the manufacturers ... behind. :) But how come other OS (I hate to even pronounce M$ product names :) ) have no prob with it?
Before I am going with my mobo back to the store where I bought it (though I have it since 4 months and doubt they would accept a refund just based on "linux doesn't work with it with 1GB of ram...), I was wondering if there is anything else I could try to find out more about where it chokes so I can be 100% sure it is the mobo's fault and not the fault of linux? And BTW, I picked a random graphics mode at boot (vga=ask and selected 6 - 80x60) and it worked... Best regards, Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [expert] new memory 512MB module (total 1024MB) and linux won't boot and also installer doesn't work anymore > On Saturday 08 March 2003 03:03 am, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: > > I left it for a couple of minutes, but with no reaction and those lights on > > keyboard lighting (which normally don't light) I figured it crashed. > > Anyway, if that mode is not supported by my video card, why does that > > setting work with 512MB but it freezes as long as it has 1024MB RAM?!? > > > > Best regards, > > Adrian > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "et" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 1:01 PM > > Subject: Re: [expert] new memory 512MB module (total 1024MB) and linux > > won't boot and also installer doesn't work anymore > > > > On Saturday 08 March 2003 06:48 am, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: > > > OK. I fiddled some more with it (a few hours). None of the parameters you > > > gave me worked. Same problem. With the enterprise kernel there is a small > > > difference which I noticed just now (or at least in the 12mdk enterprise > > > kernel from cooker). It lights Scroll lock and Caps lock but doesn't > > > > blink. > > > > > They just stay on. I tried booting failsafe and what do you know... It > > > booted and reported my memory ok (1.032.900k). Then I tried adjusting the > > > 12mdk parameters one by one to reflect the ones in failsafe and I > > > isolated this one to be causing the kernel panic: > > > vga=788 > > > I switched again all the parameters to the original from the 12mdk > > > enterprise kernel but left this vga=788 out and it booted with no > > > problem. What the heck is/does vga=788 and why does it cause PCs to > > > freeze when 1G memory installed?!? :/ > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Adrian > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Todd Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 2:02 AM > > > Subject: Re: [expert] new memory 512MB module (total 1024MB) and linux > > > won't boot and also installer doesn't work anymore > > > > that number is a video mode, were was it that you changed it (in lilo? > > compileing a kernel? how long did you let the "lockup" sit? you may have > > just > > been booting using a mode your video card could not do, so rather than do a > > display that would hurt the card, you got no display, and it "may" have > > come back had you let it sit 3 mins with a working X, or at leasta command > > prompt > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > >- ---- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > That happens because your BIOS is mapping video framebuffer across your > memory.... In other words the BIOS is misreporting the bridge mappings. > > Civileme > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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