Just connected a HP L1520 monitor and get the message "Out of range" whilst booting, so can't see what's happening.
Tried upgrading, booting failsafe, but it's always the same. Seems to work if I do a fresh install in 800x600 mode, but obviously I don't want to install over all my files.
I've checked the other threads on this, but this is the only monitor we have, and I can't get to a readable screen to run sax2, or GRUB boot loader as suggested on other threads!! Any ideas what I can get this to work?

Fresh install?

Try a live-distro dude, it lets you run linux without booting from the hard-drive, so you can mount and modify the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to your hearts content, reboot to test your changes and not lose any data.

If you were using knoppix, your config might be:

/mnt/hda1/etc/X11/xorg.conf

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html <- Best
http://www.alpha.co.jp/biz/rdg/ac-knoppix/index_en.html <- Better if your rebooting frequently

Hello,
I also have had this happen to distro's that do not have an option in the install for either "vesa" of"LCD monitors"...
This may not work but worth a try...
Let it boot as it will but when you get to the Out of range point shut the power to your monitor so as not to possibly damage it..After a bit your Hard drive lite will stop meaning that it booted as far as it will go..
What I would do is to press ctrl+alt+F3 and wait a few seconds..Then turn on your monitor and hopefully you will see a log on screen text..If so. fill in the user and password then type init 3 You will somewhere be asked for your root password..If not in init3 login as user then su & password..
You will be su when you see the #...You can then try typing sax2 and hopefully you will get a screen showing your display..If you can set your display to the resolution you want and also check to see if suse got your monitor correct..If not set it to the vesa settings that you desire..Then use sax's test to set the display and to save the settings..With luck you can exit out and reboot(shutdown -r now) hopefully in to a GUI The important thing in the settings in sax is to set the vertical refresh rate to around 60 HZ or so and not to exceed the horizontal rate for your monitor..Generally if the test display is OK then you are set..
The harder way(if the above did not work) is to once in the init3 is to
use your favorite editor such as vim to edit your xorg.conf files manually..
Many can help you with the details..
goodluck,
jolphil

Thanks jolphil - had to edit xorg.conf & guess rates & it worked! Might try network boot later grizly, so thanks.

You are welcome...
Have Fun!!
jolphil

Yeah.. don't know what I'm on, but forgetting about mingetty[1-6] is becoming more and more common.. the things you learn, they shove the things you knew out the window..

Hope I didn't distract you from the solution. Apologies

btw, there are 7 virtual terminals, CTRL+ALT+F1-F7.. F7 is the normal graphical display, F1 is the boot screen.. hence F2 above.