vidio problem after install to hard drive

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leeper69
Joined: 24 Dec 2011
#1
Hi I am having problems getting mx14 to display properly on my sager laptop after installing to my hard drive. the live cd works fine if I set f5 to vesa.
ati mobile 128 graphics card.
512 meg ram
intel 866 single core processor.
I have tryed adding (drvr=vesa) to my grub with no luck.
can anyone help me with this problem?
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#2
try

xdrvr=vesa

and/or

nomodeset

to the end of the grub boot line after the word"quiet"

and see if you have any success.
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leeper69
Joined: 24 Dec 2011
#3
thanks dolphin_oracle using xdrvr=vesa wont work is there anny way to set up vesa via the terminal?
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#4
the f5 menu on the live uses both xdrvr=vesa and nomodeset cheatcodes. this worked fine to load vesa on my installed mx 14 system. doing it at boot time is the correct way to set the driver.

when you say it doesn't work, what happens?
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leeper69
Joined: 24 Dec 2011
#5
Hi dolphin_oracle whether I boot using xdrvr=vesa after quiet or befor quiet in grub using the e command and saving my changes with the tab key and booting with f10 my screen displays a desktop image that is split into three segments with two bars that are distorted between the segments. what am I doing wrong? pleas tell me what steps you used to get vesa to load.
ati mobile graphics card
866mh intel p3 processor
512 meg of ram
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#6
the only step I used, was after the"quiet" line in the grub kernel entry, I added

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xdrvr=vesa nomodeset
hit f10 (I didn't save any changes) and the vesa driver loaded and took over.
anticapitalista
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#7
Do you have an etc/xorg.conf file? Post its contents if you have
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leeper69
Joined: 24 Dec 2011
#8
Hi dolphin_orecle tryed it exactly as you did and still get the jumbled desktop. thanks for your help!
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leeper69
Joined: 24 Dec 2011
#9
hi anticapitallsta I looked in my etc folder with terminal and couldent find a xorg.conf file not even in hidden files.
I have mx14 running on two other computers but the old laptop is not willing to cooperate. love the running systems.
anticapitalista
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#10
I made a mistake. It is in etc/X11
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leeper69
Joined: 24 Dec 2011
#11
Hi anticapitalista I dont find the xorg.conf file but there is a xorg.conf.live file and a xorg.conf.in file. I cant copy the files as an attchment because I dont have a burner on the laptop and the machine I am connecting with has no floppy drive. if I can round up a usb memory stick I may be able to get a copy of the file for you to inspect if not I will need to copy by hand and type it in myself, before I do the copy are these files going to help you diagnose my problem?
anticapitalista
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#12
Have a look in the xorg.conf.live file to see if it looks something like this.

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Section"Monitor"
    Identifier"Monitor0"
    Option"DPMS""true"
    HorizSync    30-75
    VertRefresh  55-70 
EndSection

Section"Device"
    Identifier"Device0"
    Driver    "vesa"
EndSection

Section"Screen"
    Identifier"Screen0"
    Monitor"Monitor0"
    Device "Device0"

    SubSection"Display"
    EndSubSection
EndSection
If it does, then rename it to xorg.conf (as root user) and reboot.
It should boot to a vesa desktop