Hi Bluejay Adametz!

 On 2014.09.17 at 09:58:57 -0400, Bluejay Adametz wrote next:

> > Blacklisting gma500_gfx solved it.
> 
> I always remove the quiet and rhgb options from the kernel line in the
> grub config (I don't need my servers to look pretty while booting ...
> or even after booting, usually). I haven't had your specific problem,
> but that might also be a solution.

Sure, I tried that right away and it did not help. Removing "rhgb"
doesn't stop from trying to load framebuffer drivers. Only blacklisting
that driver completely worked. Thankfully I was able to ssh into machine
and check drivers list; having "gma500_gfx" loaded gave me a warning
right away, because I've heard that that piece of hardware (GMA500 /
Poulsbo) didn't exactly have the best linux support. But I never thought
it would give any trouble for server without X.. but it did.

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Vladimir