Re: [CentOS] Need help

On 3/20/2017 1:25 PM, Rosenthal, Shoshana wrote:

I figured out that the system boots OK and it is possible to login remotely. However the monitor does not start up.

set the system to boot into init state 3 (non-graphical) instead of state 5 (full GUI). to do this, edit /etc/inittab, and change the one non-commented line in that file to read...

id:3:initdefault:

(its probably set to id:5:.... now), then reboot, and you should come up with a text console. Virtually ALL my servers run with text consoles as they are headless, but if you really need X support, its easier to debug it starting from text ...