Problem: when login a message comes
“Probing edd (edd=off to change)…ok
Undefined video mode number : 31a”
then gives the choice to change resolution or continue.
System: nvidia 8800 gts; opensuse 11.0/kde 3.5 (retail box) 5 sata drives. One usb HD (the booting drive is the first sata). There is no other OS’s except opensuse.
What I have done:
check menu.lst and found no changes
replace vga=xxxx with other resolutions supported by the video adapter (hwinfo --framebuffer) with the same result.
If I write instead vga=normal then the booting continues but in 80x25 mode and no splash screen.
I have installed all the updates
Final result:
Only when I turned off the usb HD then the splash screen comes at the resolution selected.
Impression: it seems to be a problem between the usb storage and the booting process. This is reproducible. I have been looking for solutions in the net as well as bugzilla and I have not find them.
BTW the same setup (including the basic same menu.lst) works perfect under opensuse 10.3
tdecampo wrote:
> Problem: when login a message comes
> “Probing edd (edd=off to change)…ok
> Undefined video mode number : 31a”
>
> then gives the choice to change resolution or continue.
>
> System: nvidia 8800 gts; opensuse 11.0/kde 3.5 (retail box) 5 sata
> drives. One usb HD (the booting drive is the first sata). There is no
> other OS’s except opensuse.
>
> Final result:
> Only when I turned off the usb HD then the splash screen comes at the
> resolution selected.
Same problem when I boot with a usb card reader with the card inserted.
I also have an nvidia card.
See the thread: VGA Mode Error with v11, at least somebody else also with
an nvidia card has experienced it (coincidence?)
> > System: nvidia 8800 gts; opensuse 11.0/kde 3.5 (retail box) 5 sata
> > drives. One usb HD (the booting drive is the first sata). There is no
> > other OS’s except opensuse.
> >
> > Final result:
> > Only when I turned off the usb HD then the splash screen comes at the
> > resolution selected.
>
> Same problem when I boot with a usb card reader with the card inserted.
> I also have an nvidia card.
Sounds like the usb drive is being enumerated before the sata drives, causing
the drive ID’s to shift. If you can, see if you can turn off “boot from usb
device” in bios, as this might prevent the bios from detecting and adding
them to the “drive list”.
{Chuckle} Some tickling nagging sensation is screaming for attention in my
head about this, but not enough information… for either system.
Which motherboard? (Guess I’m asking both of you…)
I imagine -G- doesn’t always have a card inserted into his reader, but
tdecampo… is that usb drive always plugged in? If so, that could be
worked around… it’s the transient usb drive that’s difficult… again, I’d
suggest looking for any ‘enable booting from usb drive’ options.
-OR-
Install one (1) PATA drive, and put GRUB information there. This drive will
NOT move, as PATA/IDE drives are enumerated first by any bios. No, not an
optimal solution, agreed.
{Chuckle} I imagine immediate solution would be “Don’t DO that! Unplug any
USB drives before booting”
[Doctor, Doctor… it hurts when I do “this”… Gosh! Well, don’t do that
then…]
I have already tried to eliminate the usb boot so I have as only boot -> Hard Disk. Interestingly the first time I boot went perfect so I though I had the solution, but then the problem came back. Yes I change the boot back and forth but no luck. Even if I boot from the installation dvd sometimes the boot shows the splash screen but most of the time does not.
The usb hard disk is mounted permanently. The partition are part of fstab. I do not boot from this HD. I boot from the first sata drive.
The mobo is a
MSI K8N Neo4
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Processor
The solution to install a Pata drive is interesting however I can also remove the usb and install a bigger sata but I guess I am looking for a different solution ;). Opensuse 10.3 works great so before I switch I want to have this issue solved.
I filled a bugzilla report but I have to wait for any feedback. I have found other threads with very similar (if not the same) problem.
I’ve got the same problem. It seems to be linked with a bootable USB (without live system anymore on it). It did the same with a live-CD inserted at the same time as the bootable USB.
I can tell all of you: when you installed the disk/card was connected. This way the disk/card gets an entry in /boot/grub/device.map . This is where it goes wrong. Find out which /dev/sd[letter][number] your disk/card is, remove that entry from device.map, see that hd(X.X) corresponds to the other disks and you should be OK.
