[CentOS] CentOS 5.4 off-center on SuperMicro console

Fri Apr 30 10:39:03 UTC 2010
Rudi Ahlers <rudiahlers at gmail.com>

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Rudi Ahlers <rudiahlers at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/29/10, Richard Karhuse <rkarhuse at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Rudi Ahlers <rudiahlers at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:24 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
> >>
> >>> > I have a weird situation with a new installation of CentOS 5.4 x64,
> on
> >>> > a
> >>> > SuperMicro X7SBI server. The server has a <a href="
> >>> >
> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/3210/X7SBi.cfm"
> >>> > target="_new">SuperMicro X7SBi motherboard</a>,  board ATI ES1000 and
> >>> > Core2Quad Q9505 CPU. The kernel is
> >>>
> >>>
> > Just as another data point, I'm running CentOS 5.4 on hundreds of systems
> > that have the "E" version of the MB (e.g., X7SBE) without any problem.
> >
> > Check to see that you have the lastest (R1.3e??) BIOS on your MB.
> >
> >   -rak-
> >
>
> mmmm, lemme check and see. could this be the problem? I tried an LCD
> monitor, and bypassed the  KVM, but the problem remains.
>
>
> http://blog.softdux.com/everything-todo-with-linux/centos-5-4-off-center-on-supermicro-console/attachment/30042010139
>
>
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>


Adding a nofb statement from this page
http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/rhel-ig-x8664-multi-en-4/ap-bootopts.html
solved
the problem :)

Thanx for all the help.


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