When I boot my box I see BIOS message but next screen should show Grub kernel selection, but my display goes blank (no picture) I have only two selections (two kernels) so I just hit enter and the computer boots normally and picture shows up. In grub.conf I don't have any special options: default 0 timeout 30 #splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Gentoo Current Kernel root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/kernel-current root=/dev/sda3 #initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.24-gentoo-r5 title Gentoo Old Kernel root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/kernel-old root=/dev/sda3 Monitor is BenQ V2400W The video card is Asus EAH6770 DC SL 2DI1GD5 Single monitor, connected to it to VGA port. Reproducible: Always Portage 2.1.10.41 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.13-r4, 3.1.5-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.1.5-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_FX-tm-8150_Eight-Core_Processor-with-gentoo-2.0.3 Timestamp of tree: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:15:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.2-r3, 3.1.4-r3 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.6-r4 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.3 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.39 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.13-r4 Repositories: gentoo ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA googleearth PUEL dlj-1.1 Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -Os -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/fax /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa /var/spool/fax/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -Os -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--autounmask=n" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/ ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/ http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/mirrors/gentoo/ http://ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/mirrors/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="en" MAKEOPTS="-j9 --load-average=8" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync16.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acpi alsa amd64 bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cgi cli consolekit consolkit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam firefox flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gdu gif gimp gimpprint gpm gtk iconv ipv6 java jpeg lcms ldap libnotify lock mad mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds pppd qt3support readline scanner sdl session spache2 spell sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd tetexspell thunar tiff truetype trutype type1 udev unicode usb vorbis x264 xcb xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" SANE_BACKENDS="epson2" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon tdfx" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Please post your output of `emerge -vpq sys-boot/grub' in a comment.
emerge -vpq sys-boot/grub [ebuild R ] sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10 USE="ncurses -custom-cflags -netboot -static" I would like to add that this video card has interfaces: D-Sub Output DVI Output : Yes x 1 , Yes x 1 (via HDMI to DVI adaptor x 1) HDMI Output The monitor has input: D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI I loaded standard open source kernel driver for this card: (radeon/JUNIPER_me.bin radeon/JUNIPER_pfp.bin radeon/JUNIPER_rlc.bin) but the only cable that works is VGA HDMI to HDMI does not work nor DVI-D to HDMI I get no picture at all.
Does your BIOS display correctly to all monitors? This is completely independent of firmware you listed, that's for the kernel only, and not GRUB. 1. Reinstall grub, make sure you do the emerge --config grub AND redo the setup/install phase to your MBR. 2. Debug instructions 1.1. Connect all 3 cables to the single monitor. 1.2. Raise the grub timeout much higher, like 3 minutes (180). 1.3. You're going to boot 3 times, once for the monitor set to each of the outputs. 1.4. During the BIOS, check that there is output on ALL 3 cables (if there isn't, it's NOT a grub problem), using input choice cycling on the monitor. 1.5. After the BIOS, when Grub should be sitting at the prompt, also cycle inputs on the monitor. 3. Can you get 3 different monitors, connect all 3 of them to the graphics card simultaneously, and boot, seeing which of them gives BIOS output, and GRUB output?
Yes, I reinstall "grub" and I think the problem might be the video card and/or monitor. The monitor does not somehow recognize the video signal instantly it takes time. This card seems to me much slower than my older one.
