RE: monitor goes to sleep while install RHEL 5.1

["Dennis D. Calhoun" <dcalhoun blomand net>]

Chris Henderson wrote:
> When I try to install RHEL 5.1, I get "input signal out of range" and
> the monitor goes to sleep. When booting off the install DVD, I execute
> "linux resolution 1280x1024" from the command prompt (without the
> quote) - but this doesn't help and the monitor still goes to sleep.

Rick Stevens wrote:
It's not a resolution issue, it's a screensaver.  You might try adding
"acpi=none" on the boot command line during the installation to disable
the power saving options.

Screensaver? In my experience, "input signal out of range" usually indicates
a mismatch between the monitor's needed "refresh rate" and that being made
available by the OS and/or graphics card.

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Dennis D. Calhoun, MCSA