vga=788 deprecated

[seeley11]

Hi!
After having installed PCLinuxOS Phoenix with success I can't start it. Error message:

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vga =788 deprecated, use set gfypayload=800x600 before linux commandI changed the menu.lst several times, but I always got  the same error message -
although I was replacing vga=788. Nevertheless the same message was displayed!
seeley
 
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timeout 10
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,10)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0

title PCL Phoenix
kernel (hd0,10)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=PCL_Phoenix root=LABEL=Linux  quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on splash=silent set gfxpayload=800x600x16
initrd (hd0,10)/boot/initrd.img

title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd0,10)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=LABEL=Linux  quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on
initrd (hd0,10)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,10)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=LABEL=Linux  quiet nokmsboot failsafe vmalloc=256M acpi=on
initrd (hd0,10)/boot/initrd.img

[seeley11]

HI!
After having searched in forums and with Google - no chance.
I give up.

[gseaman]

I have not seen this message before. If no one has reported this problem in the forum before, then you probably have a problem with the installation. You say that you installed with success. Does that mean it booted successfully at least once after the installation? If not, then the boot media (cd or usb?) has an error or the installation failed. Also, did you download the iso from here: http://www.pclinuxos.com/?page_id=213 ?

Galen

[Bald Brick]

Some Googling indicates that the message "vga=788 deprecated, use set gfxpayload=800x600 before linux command" is very common -- but only in distros that use GRUB2. And even there using the traditional boot option "vga=XXX" should not lead to a failed start; you should get a warning and then the option should just be ignored.

"vga=XXX" works without warnings or error messages on all my systems (although they are a bit picky when it comes to which values for "XXX" that they find acceptable). If you leave out the option, a default resolution is specified in the file gfxboot.cfg in the archive /boot/gfxmenu, and you should be able to boot in text mode even if that file is missing or corrupt.

I think you have a failed install.

[gdesilva]

Probably the problem is already solved... but I did get the same message when using Grub2 installed by Ubuntu on my PC. However, the boot process continues. In my case, the reason why boot failed was because for some reason, root was not set correctly. Once this was set to point to the correct partition, everything worked OK despite the vga=788 deprecated message.

[Bald Brick]

Probably the problem is already solved... but I did get the same message when using Grub2 installed by another distro on my PC. However, the boot process continues.

That was my point. If you are using Grub2 the message is more or less correct, but the boot process should continue.

In my case, the reason why boot failed was because for some reason, root was not set correctly. Once this was set to point to the correct partition, everything worked OK despite the vga=788 deprecated message.

[gdesilva]

HI!
After having searched in forums and with Google - no chance.
I give up.

Did you run 'update-grub' after making the modifications to your menu.lst? If you didn't your changes will not come into effect.