[NTLUG:Discuss] Suse Live-CD and Intel 815 Video

[kbrannen@gte.net]

David Simmons wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> Have been checking out the latest Suse9 Live CD...and while it's run
> great on other systems...one with an Intel 815 (read as video on board -
> powered through Chipset) is rebooting/cycling after it loads the
> Kernel....I'm thinking it's the video because they only offer 640x480
> video (and I know the video can do more).  It's an 866Mhz AMD CPU....
> 
> Does anyone have a good 'Boot Option' to stick in?

On the boot line, try "vga=normal" and see if that helps.  In the perfect 
world, that should cause it to boot in text mode, then you can "startx" after 
you login.  That will allow you try/test/try/test/... various things, and if 
the video driver really is the problem, will just drop you back to the command 
line at the worst.

HTH,
Kevin