Thanks for the replay with some advice what to do Rolf.
I will try this later when I arrive from work.
Terje..
Rolf Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Rolf Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
James Sparenberg wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 15:31, Terje Heen wrote:
>
>>Have tried to install mandrake 9.1 for the 5 tile with no success.
>>booting from the cd, installing everything and it looks good until I
>>reboot.
>>Then the machine goes to the login window (still ok) login, pass ok
>>then appears the info window regarding starting KDE after some seconds
>>it seems that the HD is going "bananas" (writing ,writing ,writing
>>,writing og reading, reading ,reading, reading ) until I turn the
>>power off...... Noticed that I got an error message durin boot. :
>>Modprobe: Cant locate fb0. please help me someone.....
>>
>>Terje.
>
>
> Terje,
>
> try this one when lilo comes up push the escape key. Now boot linux
> 3 this will boot you into runlevel 3. If this doesn't work do a normal
> boot but don't login. The do a ctrl-alt-f1 to get to a term window and
> login as root then type
>
> # telinit 3
>
> then you will want to vi /etc/lilo.conf and look for a line like this
>
> vga=788 or vga=791 ....
>
> change it to vga=normal save and then at the command prompt type lilo
> (to reset lilo for your changes.)
>
> this will allow you to boot normal not using frame buffer (fb0 is frame
> buffer) reboot the computer and you should notice a "normal" bootup and
> the fb0 problem should be gone. What it seems is that the frame buffer
> resolution is not the correct one for what your box can do. 788 is
> 800x600 791 is 1024x768 and the rest I don't know.
>
>
> James
>
> PS Anyone know how to do the same thing with grub?
I am not sure what you mean by the sam e thing *but* when you get the
grub menu, the default is highlighted. Move to the entry you want to
boot or leave it at default and press 'e' to edit the entry (this is one
of the instructions that come with the menu screen). The first line
will be highlighted and this is the one that contains vga=788, on my
menu, anyway. Press 'e' again to edit that line or move to the line you
want to edit and press 'e'. You can now add, delete, or change entries
for that line. When you are done editing, press 'Enter' to accept the
edit, edit another line, if you want, then type 'boot' and press 'Enter'
to boot the edited entry. This is handy to try different kernel options
without editing files. Also handy if you can't boot because of a typo
in the menu or some wrong reference/syntax. I don't know if lilo has
such a feature. If the change is what you want, edit
/boot/grub/menu.lst to make it permanent. No need to reinstall grub.
If you're asking if vga=normal is proper grub syntax, I have never used
it *but* here is an archive that says it is:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg40532.html
Rolf
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