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Bug#500795: Etch SPARC install fails to sync monitor.



On Wednesday 01 October 2008, Donald Pellegrino wrote:
> Please let me know if you have any suggestions for keeping the
> installer from changing graphic modes or for specifying the appropriate
> monitor frequency to the installer.

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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