On Mon, July 21, 2014 15:07, James B. Byrne wrote: > > On Mon, July 21, 2014 18:41:26 UTC, m.roth at 5-cent.us m.roth at 5-cent.us > wrote: > > AUGH! That was *not* what I meant. Can you get it up, at least in > singleuser mode? If so, lspci will probably tell you. Or lshw. Or > dmidecode... or, for that matter, it might tell you in dmesg or messages. I understood what you wrote. But as I pointed out in my first message on this subject I had already specified RL3 on the kernel command line and that did not change the behaviour. So, no I cannot get the system up to the point that I can run anything, or at least see whatever output is created by whatever I might be able to run. But, as this is an experiment box I do not need a dedicated graphics card in it. So, having been prompted the open the case to discover the make of video card, I tried the (to me) obvious course of action to simplify things. Which worked to the extent I require. The removed video card looks like some sort of oem job with no obvious (to me) brand or manufacturer markings. I cannot tell the chip maker because the processor is covered by a fan and heat sink. It is a half-height, full-length PCI card with a marking that looks like a V followed by two 'C's one inside the other, followed by an I. The word TOPSEARCH is also present. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3