On 3/20/2017 1:25 PM, Rosenthal, Shoshana wrote: > I figured out that the system boots OK and it is possible > to login remotely. However the monitor does not start up. set the system to boot into init state 3 (non-graphical) instead of state 5 (full GUI). to do this, edit /etc/inittab, and change the one non-commented line in that file to read... id:3:initdefault: (its probably set to id:5:.... now), then reboot, and you should come up with a text console. Virtually ALL my servers run with text consoles as they are headless, but if you really need X support, its easier to debug it starting from text ... -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz