Sony Vaio hangs in init scripts
David G. Mackay
mackay_d at bellsouth.net
Fri Apr 9 20:21:09 UTC 2004
I just installed FC2-test2 on my Sony Vaio laptop which had been running
RH9. The system makes it through the install, then through the post
install account creation for a non-root user. As soon as the post
install is finished and the system attempts to begin normal operation,
the screen blanks and all disk activity ceases. When I attempt to boot,
I get to the point where the graphic boot screen comes up, and the last
message that is see is setting the hostname before the screen blanks and
disk activity ceases. I even tried putting selinux=0 in the kernel
parameters, with no change in the result. When I go into rescue mode, I
see that no new messages are entered into /var/log/messages or dmesg as
a result of the later boot attempts. I do not currently have an rs-232
crossover cable to use for a serial console.
Does anyone have any suggestions on further debugging steps?
Dave
More information about the test
mailing list