On June 25, 2004 07:25 am, bruce wrote: > hi... > > i have a rh 8.0 generic box that i'm trying to bring up... when the box > goes through the login procedure.. it goes through the checking process for > the various services, etc... and then it gets to a point where it appears > to have a watch/icon in the middle of the screen and it seems to > hang/die/not continue.. > > i've got a monitor/keyboard/mouse/ether hooked to the box. > > any idea as to what might be going on, how to continue/force it to > continue, or am i going to have to reinstall from scratch... > > any reasonable comments/pointers appreciated.. > > thanks > > -bruce > > ps... > > i've also got another 3 boxes (rackable 1u servers) 3-4 years old that have > appeared to die. i turn the boxes on, the light/diode for the eth interface > is functioning/lit, but nothing happens.. could this be power > related/motherboard... in other words.. can they be saved!!! i'm hoping > that somebody else has run into this kind of problem, and managed to have a > cheap/easy/happy solution! > > yeah, i know that the answer is probably nope! but i'm hopeful... Hi Bruce, It sounds like it is trying to start X but for some reason failing. Can you start in run level 3? You can do that several ways, here's two: 1) at boot, on the GRUB menu hit "e", then toggle to the line with the kernel entry and the end, after a space, type "3". Then I think it is "b" to boot, but check the on screen menu. 2) if your machine is at the hang-point, try ctrl-alt-F1 (F1 -F6) to see if you get a login prompt. The second issue with 3 dead boxes really sounds like a hardware problem, especially if they all died at once. The only happy answer I could suggest is they are all on the same UPS which is not sending enough juice to start the servers. Hope that helps. -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
