Im not sure XDM is the problem.  Even if I load the liveCD it does the 
samething.  I have to install from the failsafe mode from the liveCD and the 
normal terminal login comes up after it boots.

 

On my current login after grub, the kernel starts, then at a certain point it 
goes blank.  I tried adding into grub “vga=785” but that didn’t work.

 

I tried the same thing on a newer laptop and can see what is happening, just 
don’t know where to fix it.  On the new laptop, after it boots, it changes from 
standard 25x80 characters, it changes to a different resolution.  About half 
the size of the text.  My older laptop just must not be able to load the new 
resolution.

 

Can anyone point me to the .conf file that tells voyage to change resolution?

 

Thank you,



Chance Walton
[email protected]
P: 813-936-2030
C: 813-482-8877
F: 813-936-9268

P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 2:18 AM
To: Chance Walton
Subject: RE: [SPAM] [Voyage-linux] VGA or Display problem

 

Chance,

 

You have to have something configured to USE the display.  With no XDM and no 
logins, you get ... no display.

 

Try this -- ssh into the box after the install and try starting X.  If X 
starts, configure XDM to start.

--
Julie Haugh
Senior Design Engineer
greenHouse Computers, LLC // jfh at greenhousepc.com // greenHousePC on Skype

 

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [SPAM] [Voyage-linux] VGA or Display problem
From: Chance Walton <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, June 18, 2011 4:44 pm
To: "<[email protected]>" <[email protected]>

Have don't have xdm configured. It's just the base install from the livecd. 

 

I can see it start to load, so the display is working. Then some module loads 
and the display goes dead. 

 

No logins for virtual terminals. I havnt had a chance to do anything the 
display is dead. 


On Jun 18, 2011, at 4:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

Do you have XDM or anything else configured that would drive the display?  Do 
you have logins defined for the virtual terminals?

 

Voyage isn't like one of those distros where people run it as a desktop 
operating system -- you have a set up what you need.

--
Julie Haugh
Senior Design Engineer
greenHouse Computers, LLC // jfh at greenhousepc.com // greenHousePC on Skype

 

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [SPAM] [Voyage-linux] VGA or Display problem
From: <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, June 18, 2011 3:48 pm
To: [email protected]

I home someone can point me in the right direction. I have been using voyage 
since ver. 0.5 and love it.

I just tried to install 0.7 for the first time on an old Sony Vaio P3 laptop. I 
loaded it from the liveCD and had to boot it into fail-safe mode. After I 
installed it, grub starts, and it starts to load. At some point the screen 
flashes and goes blank, but the HD light is still flashing, just nothing is 
being displayed. It even apears that I can log in and shutdown the box, just 
nothing is being displayed on the screen.

There must be a VGA or monitor driver being loaded at boot that wasn't loaded 
during the fail-safe install option from the liveCD. Could someone point me to 
the right config file to disable the VGA to make it display the same as the 
fail-safe option?

Thank you for any help!

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