Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-26 Thread Serge Rey
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 10:24:48AM +, Alexander Clouter wrote: > Serge Rey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Stock or custom kernel? > > > > custom, 2.2.19. i've compiled in support for my nic and sound card, as > > well as usb stuff. all of which seem to be working fine. > > > well someone

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-26 Thread Serge Rey
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 10:24:48AM +, Alexander Clouter wrote: > Serge Rey [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > > > Stock or custom kernel? > > > > custom, 2.2.19. i've compiled in support for my nic and sound card, as > > well as usb stuff. all of which seem to be working fine. > > > well someo

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-26 Thread Alexander Clouter
Serge Rey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Stock or custom kernel? > > custom, 2.2.19. i've compiled in support for my nic and sound card, as > well as usb stuff. all of which seem to be working fine. > well someone forgot to compile in support for 'VGA text console". If you forget this then the m

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-26 Thread Alexander Clouter
Serge Rey [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > Stock or custom kernel? > > custom, 2.2.19. i've compiled in support for my nic and sound card, as > well as usb stuff. all of which seem to be working fine. > well someone forgot to compile in support for 'VGA text console". If you forget this then th

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-25 Thread Vivek
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Serge Rey wrote: > in the past i noticed that i could get back to the cursor faster from a > cold boot than from a recovery from hibernation. so i rarely used > hibernation. i wonder if other folks experience the same relative timing > of booting versus recovery from hibernati

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-25 Thread Serge Rey
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 01:48:44AM +, Vivek wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Serge Rey wrote: > -snip- of description of H/V. thanks. > I've got a couple of weird problems with my A20p myself - I left the laptop > plugged in and on for a while once (a few days) with the lid down, > suspended -

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-25 Thread Vivek
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Serge Rey wrote: > in the past i noticed that i could get back to the cursor faster from a > cold boot than from a recovery from hibernation. so i rarely used > hibernation. i wonder if other folks experience the same relative timing > of booting versus recovery from hibernat

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-25 Thread Serge Rey
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 01:48:44AM +, Vivek wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Serge Rey wrote: > -snip- of description of H/V. thanks. > I've got a couple of weird problems with my A20p myself - I left the laptop > plugged in and on for a while once (a few days) with the lid down, > suspended -

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-25 Thread Vivek
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Serge Rey wrote: > not sure what H/V is. can you educate me and i'll check. H/V expand is the option that sets the display behaviour when the received display XY size is < real LCD XY size. If H/V is on, then the display chipset attempts to stretch the display it gets out ove

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-25 Thread Vivek
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Serge Rey wrote: > not sure what H/V is. can you educate me and i'll check. H/V expand is the option that sets the display behaviour when the received display XY size is < real LCD XY size. If H/V is on, then the display chipset attempts to stretch the display it gets out ov

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-25 Thread Serge Rey
On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 09:43:04AM +, Vivek wrote: vivek, thanks for the feeback. > On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Serge Rey wrote: > > > i've been running into an intermittent problem on my thinkpad x20. on > > some cold boots i don't see the bios message or any boot message. the > > screen is backl

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-25 Thread Serge Rey
On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 09:43:04AM +, Vivek wrote: vivek, thanks for the feeback. > On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Serge Rey wrote: > > > i've been running into an intermittent problem on my thinkpad x20. on > > some cold boots i don't see the bios message or any boot message. the > > screen is back

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-24 Thread Vivek
On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Serge Rey wrote: > i've been running into an intermittent problem on my thinkpad x20. on > some cold boots i don't see the bios message or any boot message. the > screen is backlight, there is just no text on the console. there is > obviously disk activity, however, so i've wa

thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-24 Thread Serge Rey
i've been running into an intermittent problem on my thinkpad x20. on some cold boots i don't see the bios message or any boot message. the screen is backlight, there is just no text on the console. there is obviously disk activity, however, so i've waited till that stops to carefully (and blindly)