Re: Upgrade to Squeeze failed

[lrhorer <lrhorer@satx.rr.com>]

Andrei Popescu wrote:

> On Du, 24 oct 10, 23:52:40, lrhorer wrote:
> 
>> machine. Grub comes up, and if I let it boot to Windows, it works,
>> but if I select Linux (normal or recovery), very shortly after
>> starting to
>> boot the video output from the machine just dies.  I don't mean it
>> goes blank, I mean the video goes away altogether, as if the machine
>> is shut
>> down.  The monitor reports a loss of video signal, yet the PC is
>> still running and continues to access the hard drive.
> 
> It might be related to modesetting, which can be disabled by kernel
> parameters.
OK, which parameters.  A syntax example would help.