On Thu 22 April 2010 02:31:53 pm dave boland wrote: > On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:44 +0200, "Daniel Baumann" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > On 04/22/2010 07:19 AM, John L. Males wrote: > > > Please be advised none of the V5.x Debian Live USB images have > > > worked with the Dell LCD Model E152FPc and Wyse S50 video. > > > The result is the same "Invalid Mode" display by the Dell > > > LCD. All other distributions I have tried have had no problem > > > working with the Dell LCD Model E152FPc and Wyse S50. It would > > > be really helpful if this issue could be resolved. I really > > > need to use a Debian distribution on the Wyse S50. > > > > this is a problem of the xorg autodetection, nothing we can do about > > here regarding debian live. > > > > please test squeeze alpha 1: > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_live_alpha1/ > > > > if you can still reproduce it with that version, please report a bug > > against the xserver-xorg package then. > > > > Regards, > > Daniel > > Would it be much trouble for the livecd to display a list of detected > hardware so the user could tweak the settings? For example, "Debian > Live detected a generic monitor. If that is not true, click on Change > Monitor and select the correct one from the list." > > More work to be sure, but I don't see any advantage to Debian when the > potential user can't use Debian and selects another distribution. > > Dave, > -- > dave boland > [email protected] > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different...
Dave, As Daniel said, this is not a livecd problem, but an x.org problem. Even if livecd did run a hardware detection utility it still would have to be the x.org system that acted upon the input. I've run into this from time to time when installing a distribution. The only solution is to boot into a text console and edit the xorg.conf file. Agreed, it's not a good solution if you're trying to interest someone in Linux, but the solution is not a cludge to livecd, but rather to (a) use a display monitor that correctly identifies itself or (b) turn in a bug report to x.org to update their display monitor database. Cheers! cmr -- Debian 'Etch' - Registered Linux User #241964 -------- "More laws, less justice." -- Marcus Tullius Ciceroca, 42 BC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
