On 4/20/2009 3:42 PM, dcooke@xxxxxxx wrote: >> 2009/4/18 <dcooke@xxxxxxx>: >>> During reboot after upgrading to fc10 from a DVD, >>> service smartd gives this message >>> init: prefdm main process(3034) terminated with status 1 >>> init: prefdm main process ended, respawning...... >>> .. >>> init: prefdm respawing to fast, stopped >>> init: Re-executing /sbin/init >>> ..hangs at this point. >>> Does a single user behind a modem need this service? >>> Can I turn it off at GRUB? >>> what's a good way to fix it? >> I think you might be wrong about the real cause of that error... >> prefdm is trying to run your preferred Display Manager... but it's >> not working. Smartd might look like a suspect just because it's the >> last thing started before init finished (if you look, it's probably >> /etc/rc5.d/S99smartd - same priority as running rc.local) > Sam, > What is rc.local? > How would I change or turn off to get it to boot? > Is this an Xserver thing/display problem? >> So if you do get it to finish booting, > It just keeps on respawing and looping out of control...then locking. > you'd probably be missing >> graphical stuff - either because your graphics hardware isn't >> supported or it hasn't been detected properly. > Sam, > I was running fc5 before the upgrade and it was booting okay > leading me to think it might not be 'dectecting' properly. > How can I make it boot properly? > Should I do a full install? > David Did you not say that this was a Live-CD? A Live-CD does not do an upgrade. A Live-CD is a complete format and install the CD contents. No package selection. Nothing. Aditional ackage selection and tweaks come after. -- David -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
