Unsupported output device

[wyoung]

I had installed linux last night. When I booted up this morning I am getting an error about unsupported signal, check output device. How do I fix this? I have ps3 with HDMI 1080i supported TV. Do I need to reinstall?

[Dr.Gringo]

Okay. Open the file kboot.conf in the /etc folder (/etc/kboot.conf) Go HERE to know how.

Then, go to the last line. It will look something like this:
linux="/boot/vmlinux-2.6.16 initrd=/boot/initrd.img video=ps3fb:mode:3"
It might look a little different, you don't have to worry. Just look at the mode:3 at the end. That parameter tells the bootloader what resolution it's supposed to use. Now there is a list of different modes for different resolutions.

0: auto mode , default value
YUV 60Hz 1:480i 2:480p 3:720p 4:1080i 5:1080p
YUV 50Hz 6:576i 7:576p 8:720p 9:1080i 10:1080p
RGB 60Hz 33:480i 34:480p 35:720p 36:1080i 37:1080p
RGB 50Hz 38:576i 39:576p 40:720p 41:1080i 42:1080p
VESA 11:WXGA 12:SXGA 13:WUXGA

So suppose you want a resolution of 1080p, here's what you have to change the last line to:
linux="/boot/vmlinux-2.6.16 initrd=/boot/initrd.img video=ps3fb:mode:5"

Make sure not to put it at a resolution which your monitor doesn't support. If you get stuck, you'll have to waste another 10 minutes going back to the command line mode and doing the changes.

If you want to test the different resolutions before you use one, open a terminal and type this:
ps3videomode -v <mode id>
eg: ps3videomode -v 3

There are other options when using that command, type ps3videomode --help to look at the list of different switches it accepts.

[Networkgamer]

or you could try ps3videomode = 4,9,36 or 41 because thats rgb it might work differently