[Novalug] Fwd: [Fwd: Gutsy slow boot]
greg pryzby
greg@pryzby.org
Wed Nov 28 20:03:42 EST 2007
On Nov 28, 2007, at 7:54 PM, Dan Arico wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 November 2007 19:37, greg pryzby wrote:
>
>>> My IBM T42 Gutsy configuration takes much longer to boot that Feisty
>>> on the same computer. It also has the unnerving property that the
>>> screen stays blank until kde starts. Is this normal?
>>>
>>> Alan
>
> I've got the same thing happening on a desktop machine running
> OpenSUSE 10.3.
> If I swap monitors, the problem goes away. I can only conclude that
> it is
> using a video mode during boot that the monitor doesn't handle.
Excellent guess... I have Gutsy on a x60, Compaq desktop (1710?) and
G3 iBook (clamshell). All show the graphical boot with progress bar. I
did have to futz with resolution on iBook and I use xdm (or gdm) even
when I run KDE.
I wonder if it is a kdm issue.
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greg pryzby
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