Stuck at 'Configuring Kernel Parameters'

[Vibhu Rishi]

Hi, 

I was playing around with the FC3 system at home and using 'setup' I
disabled a few services to see if I can speed up the system. 

Unfortunately, now, when I reboot I get the following message after the
initializing  audio etc message 
Configuring Kernel Parameters

After this the system just refuses to budge forward. Its not hung as
when I press enter the cursor moves to the next line. 

I am unable to get a root promt... I dont know how to get to one using
grub. Can someone give some suggestion as to what can be done ?

vibhu..

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[Satish Balay]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Vibhu Rishi wrote:

>  Hi, 
>  
>  I was playing around with the FC3 system at home and using 'setup' I
>  disabled a few services to see if I can speed up the system. 
>  
>  Unfortunately, now, when I reboot I get the following message after the
>  initializing  audio etc message 
>  Configuring Kernel Parameters
>  
>  After this the system just refuses to budge forward. Its not hung as
>  when I press enter the cursor moves to the next line. 
>  
>  I am unable to get a root promt... I dont know how to get to one using
>  grub. Can someone give some suggestion as to what can be done ? 
- Reboot

- When you get the 'grub' menu - (e)dit the options and remove 'rhgb
  quiet' and add '3' - and then (b)oot with the modifications as in:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.753_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/ 3

Now you can login and fix your x config (system-config-display) - and
also apply the latest updates (yum update)

Satish

[Larry Meyers]

Thank you.  I also just started having that problem.  Thanks for the tips.


On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 12:43:43 -0600 (CST), Satish Balay <balay(a)fastmail.fm&gt; wrote:
>  On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Vibhu Rishi wrote:
>  
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > I was playing around with the FC3 system at home and using 'setup' I
>  > disabled a few services to see if I can speed up the system.
>  >
>  > Unfortunately, now, when I reboot I get the following message after the
>  > initializing  audio etc message
>  > Configuring Kernel Parameters
>  >
>  > After this the system just refuses to budge forward. Its not hung as
>  > when I press enter the cursor moves to the next line.
>  >
>  > I am unable to get a root promt... I dont know how to get to one using
>  > grub. Can someone give some suggestion as to what can be done ?
>  
>  - Reboot
>  
>  - When you get the 'grub' menu - (e)dit the options and remove 'rhgb
>    quiet' and add '3' - and then (b)oot with the modifications as in:
>  
>  kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.753_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/ 3
>  
>  Now you can login and fix your x config (system-config-display) - and
>  also apply the latest updates (yum update)
>  
>  Satish
>  
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[Deron Meranda]

>  > > Unfortunately, now, when I reboot I get the following
> message after the
>  > > initializing  audio etc message
>  > > Configuring Kernel Parameters
>  > >
>  > > After this the system just refuses to budge forward. Its not hung as
>  > > when I press enter the cursor moves to the next line. 
At this point in the boot sequence the system is executing the
shell script /etc/rc.d./rc.sysinit

The following tasks are performed immediately after the message
"Configuring Kernel Parameters" and before the next output--assuming
graphical boot (rhgb) is not enabled:

   sysctl -e -p /etc/sysctl.conf
   /sbin/hwclock $CLOCKFLAGS

The $CLOCKFLAGS is determined based upon your /etc/sysconfig/clock
configuration file.

So, first I'd ask for what's in your config files,
  /etc/sysctl.conf
  /etc/sysconfig/clock

And exactly which kernel are you running (also SMP or single-processor).

Also note that the next task that's done right after messing with
the clock setting, is to run loadkeys.  That can potentially
change the way the low-level keyboard driver works.  Also I've
seen the loadkeys myself hang before; especially with buggy
USB keyboards, buggy motherboard BIOS's, and/or with KVMs.

So, also, what kind of keyboard are you using (PS/2 or USB,
and is it a non-English/US keyboard?); and are you using a
KVM?

And lastly, what's the contents of the config file,
/etc/sysconfig/keyboard
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Deron Meranda