Created attachment 688108 [details] screen capture of first boot Description of problem: Using fedup to upgrade Fedora 17 64-bit to Fedora 18. Running under Virtualbox 4.2.6, host OS is Win 7 Pro 64-bit. Attached screen capture shows boot hangs after successfully starting authorization manager. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): I installed whatever version of fedup was available as of 01/22/2013. How reproducible: Fedora 18 now hangs at this same spot whenever I try to boot. Steps to Reproduce: unknown Actual results: Fedora 18 hangs. Expected results: Fedora 18 expected to boot. Additional info:
I had the exact same problem. I found that if I SSH'ed to the VM, reinstalled the Linux Additions and rebooted that the boot sequence completed just fine.
Thanks -- that was a great tip! I decided to see if I could switch to a different virtual (character) console instead of doing ssh and I could by doing ctrl-alt-F2. I made sure I booted the VM with guest additions attached to the virtual CDROM drive, waited until the boot froze, did ctrl-alt-f2 and then: sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media cd /media sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run I did the manual step because the autorun.sh could not find an active Gnome display. The install completed, I rebooted and voila!
Glad you got it working. Do note that the VirtualBox guest additions need to be re-installed any time you update the kernel. Closing the bug since this the hang was due to VirtualBox.