Re: Monitor Displays "Invalid Mode"
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:44 +0200, "Daniel Baumann" <daniel@debian.org>
wrote:
> On 04/22/2010 07:19 AM, John L. Males wrote:
> > Please be advised none of the V5.x Debian Live USB images have
> > worked with the Dell LCD Model E152FPc and Wyse S50 video.
> > The result is the same "Invalid Mode" display by the Dell
> > LCD. All other distributions I have tried have had no problem
> > working with the Dell LCD Model E152FPc and Wyse S50. It would
> > be really helpful if this issue could be resolved. I really
> > need to use a Debian distribution on the Wyse S50.
>
> this is a problem of the xorg autodetection, nothing we can do about
> here regarding debian live.
>
> please test squeeze alpha 1:
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_live_alpha1/
>
> if you can still reproduce it with that version, please report a bug
> against the xserver-xorg package then.
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
Would it be much trouble for the livecd to display a list of detected
hardware so the user could tweak the settings? For example, "Debian
Live detected a generic monitor. If that is not true, click on Change
Monitor and select the correct one from the list."
More work to be sure, but I don't see any advantage to Debian when the
potential user can't use Debian and selects another distribution.
Dave,
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