Attempting to install LEAP 42.1 in a headless, no-GUI setup to act as a media and file server.
For the installation, I have temporarily connected an old VGA monitor. The boot process proceeds OK until “Initializing virtual console”. The display then blanks with the monitor showing a Frequency Out Of Range error.
I am unsure why a safe resolution would be used up until 'Initializing virtual console".
Display frequency is not the same as resolution. Display frequency is the ability of your monitor to refresh what is displayed, has no absolute relationship to the size of the display except for your hardware capability.
My guess is that you should be able to select an Emergency/Recovery “Advanced” option in GRUB to continue to use the video driver loaded by GRUB at the original display refresh rate. After you’ve fully booted into your OS, then you can open your video settings and set your frequency(not necessarily resolution which is different) lower. If you’re using an older monitor, 60 or 65 hz should be tried.
If no GUI tool is available to configure your display settings, then it’s back to old ways and configure using xrandr.
TSU
My “workaround” was to use a very long VGA cable to connect the server-to-be to my desktop monitor.
It was obvious that it was a resolution problem. The LEAP installer screen is 1920 pixels wide. That is, of course, rediculous for a installation screen.
In the end, I abandoned the experiment. LEAP is cute but not prepared for even my basic, home file server needs. I erased it and used a more suitable distro.
The resolution is determined by what the monitor reports so bad cable or old monitor may not report the correct or any info about the monitors capabilities.
Even if that is what happened here, the default behaviour of not being able to get information from the monitor should not be to change from a resolution that is working to a display 1920 pixels wide and hope.