CentOS - Jul 2014 - Initial Boot from 6.3 minimal halts with strange video display

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.

Any suggestions on how to proceed?


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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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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.
>
> Any suggestions on how to proceed?
1. What video manufacturer? Nvidia? Ati?...?
2. Bring it up in runlevel 3, and see if that happens. If so, create or
modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf by hand, and try to force it to use either the
VESA driver, or whichever goolging tells you supports your video.
Remember, startx is your friend....
3. You might want to add nomodeset on your kernel command line in grub.conf.

      mark

On Mon, July 21, 2014 18:41:26 UTC, m.roth at 5-cent.us m.roth at 5-cent.us 
wrote:
>
> 1. What video manufacturer? Nvidia? Ati?...?
I have no idea.  But in opening the case to find out I realized that the video
feed was attached to a PCI card - whose manufacturer escapes my attempts to
identify.  In any case, removing that card and attaching the monitor to the
built-in video solved the problem.

Thanks,

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2014-07-21 14:32 GMT-04:00, James B. Byrne <byrnejb at
harte-lyne.ca>:
> 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.
>
> Any suggestions on how to proceed?
>
>
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> Hamilton, Ontario             fax: +1 905 561 0757
> Canada  L8E 3C3
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