[CentOS] [Solved]: Initial Boot from 6.3 minimal halts with strange video display

[Juan De Mola]

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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.
>
>
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