On Fri, 15 Feb 2013, Steve McIntyre wrote: [...] > Neale, could you try the following for me and tell me what happens > please? I need you to type the following (blind!) at the corrupt > display: > > "c" (call up a grub command line) > "terminal_output console" (switch to text-mode output, you should > now get visible text output)
OK, I see a "grub>" prompt > After that, the following would be useful too: > > "videoinfo" (will print the video capabilities of > your machine) List of supported video modes: Legend: P=Packed pixel, D=Direct color, mask/pos=R/G/B/reserved Adapter 'Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI Video Driver': No info available Adapter 'Bochs PCI Video Driver': No info available Adapter 'EFI GOP Driver': 0x000 1366 x 768 x 32 Direct, mask: 8/8/8/8 pos: 16/8/0/24 0x001 800 x 600 x 32 Direct, mask: 8/8/8/8 pos: 16/8/0/24 0x002 1024 x 768 x 32 Direct, mask: 8/8/8/8 pos: 16/8/0/24 0x003 640 x 480 x 32 Direct, mask: 8/8/8/8 pos: 16/8/0/24 > "set gfxmode=640x480" (try a different resolution) > "terminal_output gfxterm" (go back to graphic-mode output) The swirl is a nice sight :-) > "<ESC>" (go back to the menu, now in 640x480) We have the Installer menu visible, somewhat stretched on the wide screen and with minimal controst for the selected item, but usable. > I'm hoping that the 640x480 mode might work better for you. Whether it > does or not, the videoinfo output would be very useful if you can note > that down for me. Thanks for that. Let's know if there's any more useful info we can provide. Neale. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
