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Juanito

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Posted: Nov. 09 2007,17:58

If this is like the i810-type controller I have (i855), you will need to use something like 800x600 at 4 or 8 bit colour - the screen will still be messed up, but you should be able to see enough to make progress from there.

roberts

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Posted: Nov. 09 2007,18:15

It is probably like Juanito says. Lets try one more thing. This will display the resoultion that Xvesa on your machine may support;

boot: dsl ide2=0x180, 0x386 pci=off 2 vga=normal

Note: This time there is a "2" in the boot codes.
When you get to a "#" prompt type

Xvesa -listmodes

See what your machine's video and Xvesa think are supported modes. If you have too many items displayed then use

Xvesa -listmodes | more

Then reboot with the xsetup option and enter values obtained from this list.