Re: booting an intel 815 fc3 without monitor

Jonathan Berry wrote:

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:07:35 -0800, bruce <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

john...

thanks for getting back to me. i had actually tried both... i screwed up at
1st, and then found an example...

unfortunately, it didn't work...

my grub.conf file is:

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[root@lserver4 etc]# cat grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,0)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb
quiet
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda

#
#b douglas added params to kernel line.. due to boot without monitor
#

default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
       root (hd0,0)
       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 quiet
noprobe skipddc
       initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img

#linux noprobe skipddc nofb vga=0
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as i said, i plug the monitor, it works... i unplug the monitor, it hangs..

it's seriously frustrating... and there are no BIOS options that i can
manipulate..

so.. any clues/suggestions would be helpful.

bruce

Very strange indeed. Perhaps upgrading to a newer kernel might help. Looks like you are still running the original FC3 kernel. I know that
one has trouble with the Intel 810 chipset (I've seen enough messages
about it), maybe there are fixes for the 815 in newer ones as well, I
don't know. It's worth a shot at least.

The version currently in rawhide is broken again for the 815 graphics card.
I am going to try the version in testing for FC3 to see if it is alright later. The rawhide version is a no go.

Regarding Bruce's problem, I suspect that booting into runlevel 3 instead of 5 might resolve the monitor issue. Either that or selecting a generic monitor.

I never had to add any additional options to boot up with the 815 graphics card.

Jim

Jonathan