Re: Green console on Dell flat panel 153 monitor

2007-05-04 Thread Sascha Wildner
Eric wrote: I've installed Dragonfly on a Dell Optiplex with a normal old fashion box monitor with no problem. However, when I tried running Dragonfly on a Dimension with a flat panel FP153 monitor, the console screen turns a pale green right after booting. I've had similar problems with

Re: Green console on Dell flat panel 153 monitor

2007-05-04 Thread Eric
When exactly is right after booting? After the countdown ends after the splash screen with the dragonfly. Before that everything is black and white and looks good. Then things get ugly (unless you like lime green!). -- Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Green console on Dell flat panel 153 monitor

2007-05-04 Thread Eric
On Thu, 3 May 2007 19:53:47 -0700 (PDT) Matthew Dillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :The green tint goes away after I start X, and when I close X and go back :into console, the console is the normal black and white. Its not a :hardware issue, since the problem doesnt replicate in other BSD's

Re: Green console on Dell flat panel 153 monitor

2007-05-04 Thread Sascha Wildner
Eric wrote: On Thu, 3 May 2007 19:53:47 -0700 (PDT) Matthew Dillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :The green tint goes away after I start X, and when I close X and go back :into console, the console is the normal black and white. Its not a :hardware issue, since the problem doesnt replicate in

Re: Green console on Dell flat panel 153 monitor

2007-05-04 Thread Eric
Disregard, just read the man page. Figured it out. On Fri, 4 May 2007, Eric wrote: On Thu, 3 May 2007 19:53:47 -0700 (PDT) Matthew Dillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :The green tint goes away after I start X, and when I close X and go back :into console, the console is the normal black and

Re: Green console on Dell flat panel 153 monitor

2007-05-04 Thread Sascha Wildner
Eric wrote: I've installed Dragonfly on a Dell Optiplex with a normal old fashion box monitor with no problem. However, when I tried running Dragonfly on a Dimension with a flat panel FP153 monitor, the console screen turns a pale green right after booting. I've had similar problems with

Re: Green console on Dell flat panel 153 monitor

2007-05-04 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
Is there a way to set vidcontrol during start-up? I played with it using VMWare but after rebooting it goes back to the old video mode. If the same happens with a regular hard drive install I don't think it will solve the issue. Maybe /etc/rc.d/syscons will help. And see the rc.conf(5)

Green console on Dell flat panel 153 monitor

2007-05-03 Thread Eric
I've installed Dragonfly on a Dell Optiplex with a normal old fashion box monitor with no problem. However, when I tried running Dragonfly on a Dimension with a flat panel FP153 monitor, the console screen turns a pale green right after booting. I've had similar problems with FreeBSD, but can

Re: Green console on Dell flat panel 153 monitor

2007-05-03 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Thu, May 3, 2007 4:33 pm, Eric wrote: I've installed Dragonfly on a Dell Optiplex with a normal old fashion box monitor with no problem. However, when I tried running Dragonfly on a Dimension with a flat panel FP153 monitor, the console screen turns a pale green right after booting. I've

Re: Green console on Dell flat panel 153 monitor

2007-05-03 Thread Eric
On Thu, 3 May 2007, Justin C. Sherrill wrote: On Thu, May 3, 2007 4:33 pm, Eric wrote: I've installed Dragonfly on a Dell Optiplex with a normal old fashion box monitor with no problem. However, when I tried running Dragonfly on a Dimension with a flat panel FP153 monitor, the console

Re: Green console on Dell flat panel 153 monitor

2007-05-03 Thread Matthew Dillon
:The green tint goes away after I start X, and when I close X and go back :into console, the console is the normal black and white. Its not a :hardware issue, since the problem doesnt replicate in other BSD's (other :than Free) or in Slackware or DOS. That is really odd. Well, we do