slack 9 (Video mode not supported)

enk0d · 10-27-2003, 06:42 PM

i am currently installing slack 9. I would really appreciate if someone can help me with a little issue i am going to be having once the install is complete.

I tried installing slack 9 before but i had a issue with video not supported message this would mean that the resolution that is set by default is wrong. Correct? How do i go about correcting this problems and will i only need one boot disk for this correction.

php · 10-27-2003, 07:00 PM

When exactly did you receive this message? Upon trying to 'startx' or upon booting with lilo, or what?

enk0d · 10-27-2003, 07:07 PM

when i booted with lilo is when it happened. At this very moment i am install slack 9.1 at it almost finished but when i installed it the first time i got the moving white window that says video mode not supported

rotvogel · 10-27-2003, 08:37 PM

Do you see the red LILO bootscreen showing boot choises ? If so, try passing 'vga=normal' and press enter to boot the selected kernel. If that works, you should comment or adjust the 'vga = something/somenumber' in your /etc/lilo.conf file. Save the file and run the command 'lilo' as root.
If you filled in the correct vga mode or commented it, it should boot in a viewable videomode.