From: Andy Isaacson <adisaacs@mr-happy.com>
To: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Linux on SGI 540
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 11:08:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20000331110852.A5489@mr-happy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <38E4B368.1A4704B2@rl.ac.uk>; from C.Krapichler@rl.ac.uk on Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 03:17:12PM +0100
On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 03:17:12PM +0100, Christian Krapichler wrote:
> I tried to install Linux on our SGI 540, using the 28jul... kernel patch
> from a SGI web page. It went well and boots until the point where I
> should see the login screen - but all I get is a "noise" pattern. I am
> quite new to Linux, but it sounds like the XF86Config is not right. Does
> anyone have a XF86Config for a 21'' Monitor (GDM-5021-PT)? Any help and
> suggestions welcome!
Sounds like you've specified too much memory. Try adding "mem=256M"
to the "loader options" box in the ARC firmware.
You might find some help on my VisWS web pages:
http://www.lcse.umn.edu/~adi/visws/
-andy
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2000-03-31 14:17 Linux on SGI 540 Christian Krapichler
2000-03-31 16:08 ` Andy Isaacson [this message]
2000-03-31 16:41 ` Christian Krapichler
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