From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Description of problem: Hi, Trying to installing RHEL 4 32-bit on a brand new DELL 2850 Server (twin processor). Install from CD works fine, gives a 2.6.9-5.ELsmp kernel after final reboot. I then register the system in RHN and run up2date, etc which then downloads c.a. 400 MB of updates for kernel, kernel-smp and kernel-utils streams. After rebooting to use the new kernel, I get the normal boot sequence with a 2.6.9-22-0.2.ELsmp kernel. All goes fine until hald starts and then the system hangs. Also a load of "crud" (scrunched up bitmaps / images) appears on the top line of the console. Either it's the hald process or the update has clobbered the Xserver settings +/or graphics device driver. Help please. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.9-22-0.2.ELsmp How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.install RHEL 4 32 bit 2.register system 3. run up2date Additional info:
I'm having the exact same problem on a IBM x260 server after I do the up2date. The bootup screen gets to Starting HAL daemon [OK], then the server freezes. I can get the system to boot into single user mode fine. I need a fix or workaround ASAP. Thanks!
A quick workaround would be to boot into single user mode and turn off HAL in the runlevel you are using. HAL is mostly used by desktop applications. I would suggest going through your support reps as they can troubleshoot the exact issue much faster than I can through bugzilla. It might not even be a HAL as hal might be the last thing that was printed successfully to the screen. Try a couple of things - reboot in run level 3 (no X) - if that boots fine with HAL it is most likely an X driver problem. Try rebooting with the haldaemon service turned off - if it still freezes it is something else.
I've the same problem with the HAL-Daemon. I use a PCI IDE/Raid Controller and if there is a hard disk connected, the bootup process hang! If no hard disk is on this controller or the HAL-Daemon is of during the boot-process, all is ok. Are there any solutions?
I had the same problem on a Dell 2850. The process hangs just before going into X. Sometimes it would work after 3-5 reboots. The fix was to download the Dells r7000_RH_A09.tar.gz file, which had updates for the XOrg-x11 and FreeX86.
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