... it is a normal PnP TFT.
Hi, sorry that this reply is perhaps too late for you...
I only recently changed over to linux the last 6 weeks. I too had a problem with my monitor booting up, it's a 19" PnP CRT.
It would seem that in the boot sequence on my distro (Xandros), it didn't like the reference to inches - i.e 19" ... So someone gave me some instructions to type in at the part where the boot screen freezes...
For my particular distro, I had to enter the rescue mode from the bootable CD. Then by typing at the command prompt, used a terminal command called ' vi '.
Basically, I made changes to the xorg.conf file - changing the 19" PnP-CRT to DAEWOO 19 PNP-CRT then saving this and rebooting.
If you still need some help with this, please let us know which distro you are using and perhaps even asking on that distro's forum for info about changing the xorg.conf file on bootup!
Perhaps too, this might help others who are experiencing same/similar problems