[CentOS] Initial Boot from 6.3 minimal halts with strange video display
John R Pierce
pierce at hogranch.com
Mon Jul 21 18:38:43 UTC 2014
On 7/21/2014 11:32 AM, James B. Byrne wrote:
> I am using a Leveno M58 (model CTO7483 from 2008) for C6/7 experimentation
> purposes. The thing has a dual core and ~4Gb RAM with a (newly installed)
> 500GB HDD. I successfully installed CentOS-6.5-minimal from a freshly burned,
> and verified, DVD from and ISO image whose SHA has been checked and passed.
> everything about the display was normal throughout that process.
>
> When the system boots from disk then I get the normal display up to the point
> that the kernel is selected (whether by hand or automatically). I can edit
> the kernel command line and otherwise use the pre-boot selector facility.
> After that point the monitor, a BenQ 17" LCD, immediate goes into what I can
> only describe as a psychedelic snow field with two narrow black bands
> surrounding a broader white band displayed at the top of the screen and a
> single narrower black band at the bottom.
>
> I have tried booting into RL3 by appending a 3 to the end of the kernel
> command but this has not apparent effect on the outcome.
boot to single user, and edit /etc/inittab and change this line...
id:5:initdefault:
to
id:3:initdefault:
and reboot.
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john r pierce 37N 122W
somewhere on the middle of the left coast
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