May I ask if you are currently using Archlinux 3.3.6 ? I just did a upgrade and reboot with no issues at all. Lee On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 01:32:23PM -0400, aerospace1028@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hello, > I did an upgrade to my archlinux system this morning. Everything appeared fine; but after a reboot of my system, the boot-process hangs and th system fails to load. > > I have a duel-boot with windows and I can still boot into windows. > > When I select arch at the grub screen, it starts to load but freezes up before speech-disptcher ever gets loaded. > > I had my dad look at the prompt for me. There was a message along the lines of: > > sh: failed to load tty. Job control is disabled. > > There was another message about typing exit to ignore and continue with the boot process. I did this, but it still failed. > > The actual prompt appears to be "root@fs /#" if that helps diagnose anything about the boot failure. > > I don't know much about the boot process before speakup (software synth) starts up and any sighted assistance I can get doesn't know linux. > > Does any one have an idea what could be causing the failure? > > I have my original archlinux CD that I installed from. It's a speakup modified disk. I've used it in the past as a live-cd to fix problems I had after an upgrade to grub. I can boot into that again and mount the physical partitian uner the live session and make adjustments, but I don't know what to look for or change. > > Can anyone help? > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. -- Mark Twain _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list