i'm using with ATI 9600 kernel line - video=radeonfb:mtrr:ywrap vga=7 splash=verbose
m On Friday 12 August 2005 14:19, Assaf Urieli wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to install Gentoo 2005.1, using the genkernel script, on a > Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop with an ATI|Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x graphics > card. > My kernel is kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 > > When I reboot, Grub kicks in and I can select my Linux Gentoo operating > system no problem. > It then gives me a working console, allows me to login & run commands, > but the screen itself has gone haywire: > about 1 out of every 5 characters is garbled and flickering, and the > same screen appears about 4 times on my monitor (with four little > penguins, two cut in half). > This is with the grub.conf settings below: > ***************************************** > default 0 > timeout 30 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r11 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 > init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev > video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap,[EMAIL PROTECTED] > initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 > ********************************************* > > I've tried changing the video parameters to: > video=vesafb:mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] > video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap,[EMAIL PROTECTED] > vga=0x318 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap > and even nothing at all for video > > In each of these four cases, the result is even worse: a screen with > thick flickering lines slowly climbing up from the bottom towards the > top of the monitor. > > Thanks in advance for any help! > Assaf Urieli -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
