On Saturday 08 March 2003 07:03 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?!?
well now, with that info (that it works at 512 megs) _I_ would sure be 
guessing about what the problem could be. I don't even remember what video 
card you use, weither it was "onboard" and if the BIOS settings for the agp 
type, speed and "opening" are set correctly. I am sure the vga=768 is a 
setting for the video mode. (and I think it is a "fairly low" resolution) but 
if it is a setting in LILO that you are screwing with, then just forget about 
a vidoe mode durring bootup would be my suggestion.



> 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
>
>
>
>
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