this seems like a bug to me. it would make sense to have a sensible VESA fallback when the EDID cannot be grokked.
/iaw On Monday, October 20, 2014 8:06:17 AM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Robert Nelson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:15 PM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm new to this world and to this forum so I don't know is it the right > >> place for the question. > >> I've been trying to install ubuntu on my beagleboard xM for a few days > now > >> and still no success. First I tried to install it using windows 7 > following > >> this tutorial: > >> http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoard-xM > >> and I've managed to successfully install demo OS that is shipping with > the > >> Beagleboard xM, but when I tried to do the same with Ubuntu 14.4 I ran > into > >> a problem. Installation on the SD card went without a glitch but when I > >> tried to boot it from BB xM all I got was a brief orange screen and > than > >> nothing, TV was signaling "No signal" but in a very uncommon fashion > (like > >> he is getting something but can't interpret it). Next interesting thing > was > >> that my keyboard worked, when I pressed CTR+ALT+DEL it restarted. I > looked > >> all over the internet but couldn't find a solution. > >> > >> Ubuntu .img I got from here: https://rcn-ee.net/deb/microsd/trusty/ > >> > >> Can someone help me with that? And can someone point me to some older > Ubuntu > >> .img files (not .tar)? > > > > Sounds like edid detection of your monitor failed. Do you have a > > serial connection avaiable to debug? > > > > In /boot/uEnv.txt you can force a resolution via: > > > > cmdline=video=DVI-D-1-1:1024x768@60e > > Opps, extra "-1" in there: > > cmdline=video=DVI-D-1:1024x768@60e > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > http://www.rcn-ee.com/ > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
