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 > > > -- > > 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. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100430/c8cf775e/attachment-0003.html>