Dan, The latter situation is/was the case; I could not even get into the first part of the installation due to an incompatible video mode. Using 'gentoo vga=0' worked like a charm - thanks!!
Donald > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Egli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 8:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Monitor sync rate problem on installation > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Angela and Donald wrote: > > | Good morning all, > | > | I was wondering if anyone has experience installing Gentoo > on a system in > | which the monitor is Syncmaster 210T (analog input, not digital) - > after the > | initial img loading, it pops into a resolution that my poor > wee monitor > | can't support and I am unable to see anything. Is there any > way to set the > | horizontal and vertical refresh rates right at the outset? I'm using > Gentoo > | 1.4. > | > | Donald > | > | > | > | -- > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > | > | > | > > If you are booting into X then what I'd recomend is this: > > 1) boot into single user mode > 2) run XF86config and choose the most conservative settings you can. > Save that to /etc/X11/XF86Setup > 3) reboot normal and see if it works. > > If on the other hand you are saying that your kernel is loading a video > mode you can not handle, then append vga=0 to the command line. That > will force standard 80x25 text mode. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
