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. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast