Bug#500795: Etch SPARC install fails to sync monitor.
Thanks for the quick response. I have tried your ideas with the following results:
boot: install fb=false
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Loaded kernel version 2.6.18
Loading initial ramdisk (3881967 bytes at 0x3F80200 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...
-
Remapping the kernel... done.
Booting Linux...
"Input Signal Out of Range" reported by the monitor.
This is as expected. The fb=false parameter should be the default as per the installation manual: "Because of display problems on some systems, framebuffer support is disabled by default for SPARC (http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch05s02.html.en)."
I then tried to specify the video mode as suggested in http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.6:
boot: install video=atyfb:mode:1280x1024-60,font:SUN12x22
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Loaded kernel version 2.6.18
Loading initial ramdisk (3881967 bytes at 0x3F80200 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...
-
Remapping the kernel... done.
Booting Linux...
"Input Signal Out of Range" reported by the monitor.
I also tried:
boot: install video=fbcon:mode:1280x1024-60
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Loaded kernel version 2.6.18
Loading initial ramdisk (3881967 bytes at 0x3F80200 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...
-
Remapping the kernel... done.
Booting Linux...
"Input Signal Out of Range" reported by the monitor.
boot: install fb=false video=atyfb:mode:1280x1024-60,font:SUN12x22 vga=0x31B
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Loaded kernel version 2.6.18
Loading initial ramdisk (3881967 bytes at 0x3F80200 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...
-
Remapping the kernel... done.
Booting Linux...
"Input Signal Out of Range" reported by the monitor.
boot: install fb=true video=atyfb:mode:1280x1024-60,font:SUN12x22 vga=775
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Loaded kernel version 2.6.18
Loading initial ramdisk (3881967 bytes at 0x3F80200 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...
-
Remapping the kernel... done.
Booting Linux...
"Input Signal Out of Range" reported by the monitor.
boot: install fb=false vga=normal
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Loaded kernel version 2.6.18
Loading initial ramdisk (3881967 bytes at 0x3F80200 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...
-
Remapping the kernel... done.
Booting Linux...
"Input Signal Out of Range" reported by the monitor.
boot: install fb=true vga=775
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Loaded kernel version 2.6.18
Loading initial ramdisk (3881967 bytes at 0x3F80200 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...
-
Remapping the kernel... done.
Booting Linux...
"Input Signal Out of Range" reported by the monitor.
I also tried booting and hitting CTRL+ALT+- and CTRL+ATL++ a couple of time and that didn't do anything either. The monitor stayed out of sync.
So I seem to be out of ideas. Let me know if you have any other suggestions. Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Frans Pop [mailto:elendil@planet.nl]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 5:43 AM
To: st96wym4@drexel.edu; 500795@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#500795: Etch SPARC install fails to sync monitor.
The installer does not really do anything. The problem is more likely to
be in the kernel.
One option you can try is 'fb=false', but that is unlikely to work.
You have a better chance of success by trying to explicitly set the video
mode for the framebuffer driver your graphics controller uses.
That would be 'video=<fb driver>:<settings>', or maybe
'<fb driver>.<option>=<value>'.
You'll have to check the kernel's Documentation/fb directory and possibly
google around a bit for the correct settings.
Cheers,
FJP
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