On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 11:38:48AM +1100, Ralph Ronnquist via Dng wrote:
> On 2026-02-17 22:48, Haines Brown wrote:
> >
> > It was suggested the video card, which needs a proprietary is the
> > cause of the problem. So I will turn to a quite inexpensive card
> > that relies on a open driver such as nouveau.
> >
> > Can you recommend such a cheap card>
> >
> >
> > --
>
> I can't suggest vide card, but note that if your system is set up to
> configure the wifi interface, the lack of firmware may be the reason it
> stays waiting.

I thought that if an an installation proceeds normally, in the process of
which the network is autoconfigured, drive should be bootable whether or
not it has a GPU card or chip. Whether it needs a GPU of some kind in order
to display a text-based log in prompt I do not know but assume so.

> suggest you confirm the networking setup to ensure it
> doesn't e.g. stay waiting for a dhcp response via hotplug (udev), before
> you go bying a vide card.

If a installastion runs normally and the netnork autoconfiguratioan is successful,
then I had asssumed that the host had to be properely confitgured by DHCP protocol.

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     Haines Brown