[OpenIndiana-discuss] How is this possible? (Solved]

[Gerard Arthus]

Good points here.

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Gerry

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On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 5:00 PM Lou Picciano <LouPicciano at comcast.net> wrote:

> Gentlemen:
>
> This conversation is interesting from a number of perspectives, and none
> of them related to OI (in my case, though they could be at some point…)
>
> Comments about bad sync connections, lousy DVI adapters, etc. got my ears
> perked up. With kids forced back home last year, I’d rarely done so much
> intensive build/install/re-configure cycles in recent memory. Decided to do
> all this on an ‘easy(?)’, bullet-proof, well-tested(?) OS. Yup, Ubuntu*.
> Well, turns out Ubuntu is not quite so bullet-proof. And, among the
> problems which included variable boot results, weird boot loader setup,
> crazy confusion about latest Wifi hardware, etc. were the worst of all:
> those related to VIDEO cards and adapters. biggest single symptom was a
> frequent complete inability for the video adapter to ’sense’ the monitor
> resolution(s).
>
> Real pain in the ass.
>
> Always productive here, even if sometimes in serendipitous ways.
>
> * (I avoid MS like The Black Death.)
>
> > On Apr 16, 2021, at 6:50 PM, Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss <
> openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:
> >
> > To summarize:
> >
> > I swapped PSUs and graphics cards including putting the card from #3 in
> #4
> >
> > I booted from the 2020.10 hard disk and Live Image
> >
> > I swapped the KVM cables and ports
> >
> > I tried the other PCIe slot that will take the graphics card.
> >
> > I put a scope on the 5 V and 12 V rails.
> >
> > After all that agony I finally tracked it down. A couple of junk DVI-VGA
> adapters! Somehow in my search for the cause of the kernel panics I failed
> to notice that the display resolution was wrong when I was running 2020.10
> in #4
> >
> > After all this I'm exhausted. But I've never lost a battle with a piece
> of computer HW and was not about to start. I'd like to shoot these, but
> that would require more trouble than they are worth. So I am going to crush
> them with a 20 ton hydraulic press. If there were someone I disliked
> enough, I'd give them away.
> >
> > The moral of this sad tale is, "Don't put untested parts in your spares
> bin!" I bought these to have some spares on hand, but did not test them
> when i received them. They were still in the bags. I damaged my old one for
> #4 while shifting HW.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I still have the kernel panics to deal with :-(
> >
> > Reg
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