some boot errors

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oshanz
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1) After bios details and before trisquel boot logo appear there some errors that display every time when pc booting. from the day after i install Trisquel.

Verifying DMI pool data... successful

error : out of disk
error : no suitable mode found
error : no video mode activated.

but after errors skip pc work normally.
what are those errors.?

2) my screen resolutions are not detected.(1024*768) sis 661fx vga3 mirage adapter. it show 800*900

aliasbody
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Joined: 09/14/2012

Hello to you :D

This is the best I can do to help your for now.

*1*
Normally this error means that the ROMBIOS in your computer either encountered an error trying to read the first sector from your hard drive or did not find a valid boot signature on the first sector of the hard drive. The could be the result of any number of things such as the hard drive power or data cable coming loose, the ROMBIOS settings being incorrect and not recognizing your hard drive or the hard drive itself going bad.

I would first make sure that you hear the hard drive spin up when you start the computer and see the drive access light blink a few times and then try going into the ROMBIOS setup and checking to see if your hard drive is being recognized and then take a look at the hard drive cables to make sure that are securely connected. Although not quite as likely it could also be caused by a boot sector virus.

If all else fails I would try removing the drive from the machine and using a $10 USB 2 ATA/IDE cable to connect the drive to another computer to see if it can be accessed and then run a virus scan on the drive.

Information Found here --> http://forums.techguy.org/windows-xp/649463-verifying-dmi-pool-data-disk.html

You can find more information here --> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1847470.html

But it seems to be an HDD Header Problem. If you can try with another Hard Drive it would be the best.

*2*
As for the screen resolutions it could be a lot of things like :
*1-* Drivers fault
*2-* Screen fault (Xorg sometimes has problems finding the information of the screen)

You can try to edit the /etc/xorg.conf file manually like on this post http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/screen-resolution-with-sis-graphics-cant-get-xorg-conf-to-help-709218/ .

If it didn't solve, then report back so I (or anyone else) could search a little bit deeper in the subject.

Best Regards,
Aliasbody

oshanz
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Thanks. It's my first time Linux installed. Before that, in win7 there were none errors. I think I should note about how I partitioned my disk. It's 40Gb IDE HDD. MBR partition tabel. Primary 1Gb swap with boot flag. Rest in Logical ext4 root. Is there any fault. Should I change to Guid partition tabel.

miga
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Wait...
Your boot flag is in the swap partition...?

oshanz
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yep

aliasbody
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Is that even possible ? (PS: your avatar + the text... just priceless xD)

lembas
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>Thanks. It's my first time Linux installed. Before that, in win7 there were none errors.

One thing you'll learn is GNU/Linux won't hide any errors, unlike some legacy OSes. The MBR scheme works and is I believe what most people use.

oshanz
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System info show my grafics idenfied as VESA: 6330. so how shoul i change it to Sis 661.

lembas
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1) These are errors produced by the boot loader GRUB2. Here it is suggested the first error is thanks to a buggy bios, and a possible workaround is suggested. Another fix could be to update BIOS if available, but this is a potentially dangerous operation. http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/SuperGRUB2Disk

The other 2 error could probably be eliminated by uncommenting (removing the preceding #) this line #GRUB_TERMINAL=console in /etc/default/grub to specify a resolution. And then of course running update-grub and rebooting.

2) With some cards a /etc/X11/xorg.conf is needed. What goes into one is anybody's guess. Here are a few template to play around with
* https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+question/166058#comment-3 and
* https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/16569#comment-9

Note that the first xorg suggest using the generic vesa driver and the latter the sis driver. You might want to try both to see which one is better with your hw. You can read the respective manual pages e.g. here
* http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/oneiric/en/man4/vesa.4.html
* http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/oneiric/en/man4/sis.4.html

Good luck!

oshanz
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Those reference are perfect. Thanks.

oshanz
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Problem (1) sloved. i don't know how.
installed trisquel 5.5( i was at trisquel 5), use gpt.

aliasbody
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Two Questions:
1 - Are you on a laptop or on a desktop ?
2 - Could you try to connect an external display (different from the original one) to see the available resolution ?

oshanz
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Desktop. Every thing solved by Adding some code for xorg.conf . Now it's nice.