Red Hat Login Screen

[ChrisTopherFC]

I am having issues with a Princeton(now TelVue) B1100 Broadcasting Server that is running Red Hat 2.4.26 . The server starts and allows to choose what to boot to, then goes through the system check on a black screen. It goes through that with no issues, but when it's done a black screen appears that is text based. All I can make out is B1100 Login:_______, then the screen goes black, but the monitor is still on.

The server came with Red Hat preinstalled with specific software for broadcasting. It didn't come with a Red Hat install cd.

Any suggestions?

I also tried Ctrl+Alt+F1 , but nothing happens.

[Irithori]

If 2.4.26 would be the kernel version, then this thing is ancient..

Anyway, I dont know that product, but this document
http://www.telvue.com/wp-content/upl...ingStarted.pdf
indicates, that
a) there is a web interface available, depending on how you connected that box to the network
b) the initial username/password is psgadmin/psgadmin

Also, as this is a commercial product, there is the possibilty to claim paid support from them.

[Rubberman]

My guess is that your video hardware isn't supported by this version of the operating system, or it needs the proper driver installed. In any case, the 2.4 kernels have been deprecated for years. Check with the software/hardware provider. If they provided the system complete and ready to run, then this should be their problem to fix. Also, they should be providing you with a much more up-to-date system software wise, such as RHEL 5 or later (Red Hat is currently at version 6.1 which runs a 2.6.32 kernel).