Gul Dukat Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Hi, I recently installed Mandriva 2006 x86_64 on my notebook. I didn't seem to have any problems with the installation. But after I had to take out my DVD and reboot the LILO came with an error and it has been doing that ever since. The error I get is as follows: You passed an undefined mode number. Press return <RETURN> to see video modes available, <SPACE> to continue or wait 30 secs. And then Mandriva boots. I don't sem to get the picture of the penguin during the boot-proces. During boot-proces, everything happens in text-mode. After that I get the graphical login-screen and I can start using my desktop. At first I thought it was a problem with a bad DVD/CD. But I've tried my Powerpack-version and my Free-version, but they both give me the same error with the LILO. :o I hope someone can help me out. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 it's an error in your lilo set up. please post the contents of /etc/lilo.conf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gul Dukat Posted March 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 By the way, I've tried both the scan mode and try to give a Video-mode manually. But my laptop boots in the same as I've posted here above. So no penguin. And after reboot I get the same error with LILO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Umm... content of /etc/lilo.conf please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gul Dukat Posted March 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Thanks for the replies guys. But I just don't get it. Really. :o The problem seem to solve itself. I rebooted just about ten times, but I don't get any errors with the LILO anymore and I didn't change anything. How can this happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Normally the error you get is something to do with a "vga=" line in your lilo.conf file. These set video modes, so that you can use the frame buffer device, and get 1024x768 at the console prompt. Otherwise, you just get 80x25 characters on the screen and looks really big and bad :P Unsure to why it works if you've not changed something. Maybe lilo was screwed and not installed correctly and after re-running it a few times it wrote the config correctly. Just a thought though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gul Dukat Posted March 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Unsure to why it works if you've not changed something. Maybe lilo was screwed and not installed correctly and after re-running it a few times it wrote the config correctly. Just a thought though. Well I really wouldn't know. But I guess your guess is as good as any. If the error somehow comes back, I will post my lilo.conf first. Anyway, thanks for the replies and the time you've taken guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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