[mythtv-users] 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 lock up?

[Larry Silverman]

Hmm, tried this, it still locked, same as before.  It says:
Starting udev:
Initializing hardware    storage  network  audio <FREEZE>

Thanks anyway,
Larry


On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:57:16 -0600, Scott Francis
<scott.francis at newisys.com> wrote:
> Could be a video issue.  I've found on FC3 that if the video stuff isn't
> set up properly it can hang at boot time when it's tries to move into
> the pretty graphical startup mode.  Easiest way to "fix" this is to
> remove the rhgb entry in your grub.conf file.  This will make it text
> based while bringing things up.  X will try to start for the login
> screen, but it won't lock the system up during the boot.
> 
> An example in grub would be like:
> 
> title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.678_FC3)
>         root (hd0,1)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.678_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/ quiet
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.678_FC3.img
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Scott Francis
> 
> On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 13:43, Larry Silverman wrote:
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > If this isn't the right place for this, please point me to it.
> >
> > I have a working FC3 681 system, and thought I'd try upgrading to the
> > latest kernel, 741, using apt-get/rpms.
> >
> > 741 freezes on my machine very early in the boot process.  It happens
> > on the line where it says something like "network   storage   audio
> > <FREEZE>"
> > Sorry I don't have the exact text, I'm not in front of the machine at
> > this time.  But audio is the third and last of three subsystems on
> > that line, that I do know.
> >
> > Just hangs there after audio.  I even tried swapping out the sound
> > card, still just hangs there.
> >
> > Rolled back to 681, no worries, but just disappointed.  Seems like a
> > strange place to hang, and I can't find anything in any logs in
> > /var/log about why it might be freezing.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Larry
> > 
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