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>3.5. Common Problems During Installation</H1
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>3.5.1. Display Problems (Missing Lines, Thick Borders)</H2
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> A common problem during Linux installation (or afterwards) on laptops are missing
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lines at the bottom of the text console display, so the last command lines or the login prompt
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are not shown on the screen. Depending on the problem it might help:
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> Either using FrameBuffer, e.g. using a Kernel with framebuffer
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support and a boot option like <B
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>vga=791</B
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>, for details see the
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> Or disabling FrameBuffer, e.g. using a boot option like
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>vga=normal</B
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> or another resolution
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Also, you could try passing <B
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>video=vga16:off</B
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on the installer boot prompt.
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> As a workaround often it is possible to switch to a second console
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e.g. <ALT>+<F2> , because this effect is often only related
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to the first console.
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> Check if there are VGA and video boot options configured in
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the bootloader (e.g. grub, lilo). Try
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to disable them at least partly, look for options like
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>ywrap</B
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>, etc.
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> Check the BIOS for display settings, often (older) Toshiba laptops
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behave like this.
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> Issue the command <B
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>resize</B
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> to get the correct screen size
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into the system.
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> If none of the above helps, you may try to run a start-up-script, which
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has to run at the end of the boot process.
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The script has to contain the <B
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>clear</B
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> command and/or
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the <B
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>reset</B
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