[AuckLUG] CAN'T GET A SCREEN IMAGE IN EDUBUNTU

[Alan Nicholson]

On  19 November David wrote

>
> Hi Alan
>
> I had the same trouble with Edgy. At the boot before going to "boot from
> CD" press F4 and set the screen resolution suitable for the graphics
> card and monitor. Edgy seems to have trouble detecting the correct
> resolution for some card/monitors. It worked on one of my computers but
> not the other.
>
>
> Regards    David Bowen
>

Hi David,

Thanks for your advice,

My Monitor is a Compaq V500 and seems to support a range of resolutions 
from640x350 thru to 1800 x 1440 with most of the more common 1024 x 768 
(87,60.75, & 85 Hz) 800 x 600 (111, 60.75 & 85 hz) 640 x 480 (136, 60.75 & 
85Hz).

Tried stepping thru all of the options at F4 but none seem to work.. The 640 
res options give me a splash screen that runs off the side of the monitor, 
the 1024 gives an ideal splash screen but then all options turn off the 
display on the monitor and leave me with a blank screen although I can hear 
the CD operating.

Its almost like once it is past the splash screen it resets the resolution to 
something not compatible with my monitor.

I have an S3 Virge 3D card and have thought of throwing that in to see if I 
can connect thru that.

I am now stumped as Kubuntu seems to load properly. I don't know if it a 
problem in Edgy or if my CD burn was faulty

Alan