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Peter Van Lone wrote:
> The subject line describes the situation pretty well.
> 
> I've got a server that I cannot use with either a raritan KVM that has
> an HP tft7210r monitor.
> 

I suspect that it is the TFT. I have not tried OpenSUSE in that
environment, but I have had problems with an SLES 8 machine. It works
fine in text mode with the old Compaq TFT but X doesn't work. I have not
found any settings that X likes so far.

> 
> For the stand alone monitor, I've gone into yast to configure the
> graphic card and monitor, and it launches sax2 in what looks like a
> graphical mode. I pick generic lcd monitor and give horizontal and
> vertical values that are supported by the monitor, but ... as soon as
> connect it to the lcd, the screen goes blank unless I am in X windows.
> If I'm in X windows and then logout (so it bumps back to the console)
> ... then blank again.

OK, that IS odd!

> When I'm at the console, it appears that the bash font is quite small,
> which suggests that, somehow, the text mode graphics system is at a
> high res? But I don't see any way to modify the "text mode" video
> values.

I believe you can modify the VGA settings in Grub. You should be able to
add the correct settings to /boot/grub/menu.lst although I don't know
what those settings would be.

> For the KVM .. I don't know what to do, because I can't see the screen
> in any mode ever. I've switch KVM connectors and ports and etc ... so
> that is not it. All other servers (windows and netware) are fine.

Have you tried hooking the Raritan up to a CRT monitor instead of the
TFT? All of the SLES 8 and 9 machines that I manage work fine with a
Raritan and a CRT.

> I'm stuck, and folks are asking for the ability to get to the server
> from the kvm ... what to do next?
> 
> Peter
> 

Regards,
Andy

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