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Linux out of scan range?
I have a dual operating system consisting of Linux and NT, the NT side works wonderfuly with my matrox g450 for the most part but the linux side dosent, i have finally after months gotten linux to appear on the monitor, i watch it start up and check system but when it is dont it goes blank and says out of scan range. so i cant see anything to even attempt to fix this? How should i go about correcting this problem?? thanks for your time Gareth
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sounds like you need to lower your refresh rate or resolution, I am assumming that the Gui is set to start on boot.
what you could try is
ctl alt +
or
ctl alt -
this will change the resolution in x,(gui)
or you may have to reconfigure your monitor profile thingy -
Try Marshmallowman's tip, but if it doesn't work, press CTRL+ALT+F1 (or F2-6 if you like that better), and take a look if the system is up at all. There should be a login prompt.
If it is, log in as root. Type ps ax and watch the list of active processes. There should be one named -:0 (or similiar), one named usr/bin/X11/X (or similiar) and maybe one called /var/lib/xdm/authd (replace xdm with kdm or gdm or whatever name your display manager has). Write down their PIDs (Process ID) and kill them one by one with kill -9 PID. Note that this is the unfriendly but failsafe method.
This should kill your X Server and any display manager you run. Verify that X is down by pressing CTRL+ALT+F7. There should be a blank screen.
Now, and this depends on your Linux Distribution, you can reconfigure your X Server and set it to acceptable values. I am using Debian Woody and i use the xf86cfg -textmode command to configure my X Server, but other distributions may use other tools.
I hope this helped. RegardsComment
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