need to cancel subscription 2014-07-21 15:43 GMT-04:00, James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca>: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Juan Pablo De Mola Rodríguez