debian starts up out of range from monitor

baronobeefdip · 07-02-2010, 11:51 PM

i just did a graphic install of debian lenny and when i finished the installation and restarted the computer the grub boot menu appeared and i selected debian and nothing happened the monitor just displayed a message saying "out of range" i have a dell studio xps 1800

is it my graphics card (it shouldn't be) how do i start x server in a different resolution (if screen resolution is the problem

craigevil · 07-03-2010, 01:03 AM

Take a look at http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting

I may be wrong but I think you need to disable the kernelmodsetting,

baronobeefdip · 07-03-2010, 01:36 AM

am i supposed to do this through command line or by some form of complicated and elaborate coding

up to now from what i have read in that link to the wiki, i don't think my graphics card is supported if thats the case then how do i solve this

its an ATI/AMD FGLRX

craigevil · 07-03-2010, 07:49 AM

Edit /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf. You can use a livecd to edit the file.

Change modeset=1 to modeset=0

You can also edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and on the #kopt line add modeset=0 do not remove the # in front of kopt

jim_p · 07-03-2010, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by craigevil

Edit /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf. You can use a livecd to edit the file.

Change modeset=1 to modeset=0

You can also edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and on the #kopt line add modeset=0 do not remove the # in front of kopt

I have to thank you for that. I was looking for a reason my fps dropped after the upgrade on 2.6.32-5 on both radeon and fglrx.

adamk75 · 07-03-2010, 08:08 PM

Isn't the Lenny kernel too old for KMS to be involved?

baronobeefdip · 07-09-2010, 10:40 PM

lenny is the latest isn't it

adamk75 · 07-10-2010, 03:21 AM

Lenny is considered the most recent stable release. Version 5 was released in February of 2009, so almost 18 months ago.

baronobeefdip · 07-10-2010, 07:06 PM

then how do i make this work i am having bootup trouble in ubuntu and nobody seems to be helping me much, but debian starts up perfectly but just can't get it to start in range of the monitor

and you mentioned the kernel in lenny is too old for this kind of thing so how do i compile and install the new kernel in a text interface i've only done it in graphical interface

the trooper · 07-11-2010, 04:28 AM

If you need a more recent kernel with the Lenny installer you could try here:

http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/