On Tue, 2 Apr 2013, Rich Shepard wrote:

>   Not having encounted this issue before when upgrading a system I'm at a
> loss of how to fix the problem. Pointers to a solution greatly
> appreciated!

   I should have mentioned that I searched the Web for this error and found
references to it happening with Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Slackware. Looking at
the linuxquestions.org thread for the latter (from 2010) I tried the
solution recommended there (uncommenting 'chipset VGA' in
/etc/vga/libvga.config) to no avail. Still hangs.

   In /etc/lilo.conf I still have an append line with nomodeset on it.

   I'd like to get this running today or tomorrow as I have a business trip
next week on which I'll need to use the laptop. Suggestions on what to check
are certainly appreciated.

   BTW, since the system will not complete booting I need an alternative way
of viewing and checking files. I boot the Slackware-14.0/x86_64 dvd and
accept defaults until I can log in as root. I then 'mount /dev/sda1 /mnt'
and this allows me to navigate to where changes need to be made, for
example, /mnt/etc/vga/.

Rich

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