boot up hangs on rc.local

[number3]

In F10 the boot sequence hangs just after loading anacron. I booted with interactive mode and after saying 'yes' to starting anacron I'm prompted to start 'local'. When I say yes, my system hangs.

Some posts mentioned about the wrong video drivers, however I've been using the same video drivers for a couple of months now and never experienced this problem. And I've downloaded updated video drivers and installed them but to no avail.

I looked at /etc/rc.local and all it has in it is 'touch /var/lock/sybsys/local'

I also looked at the file above and there is nothing in it.

Any ideas/solutions?

Posted a thread here: boot hangs after anacron - FedoraForum.org but didn't get much in the way of help there and hoping it will change in this forum

[Roxoff]

rc.local is the last file executed as part of the SysV init. Once this is complete your system is booted and your OS will be launching user stuff like the desktop/X windows, etc.

Looking at your log on the other site I'd suggest you change your driver. Those guys don't seem aware that Fedora 10 (and later versions too) is designed to work without an xorg.conf.

Remove your nvidia driver, and install the one from rpmfusion.org by installing their repository on your system and doing 'yum install kmod-nvidia'. That should solve your problems.

[number3]

rc.local is the last file executed as part of the SysV init. Once this is complete your system is booted and your OS will be launching user stuff like the desktop/X windows, etc.

Looking at your log on the other site I'd suggest you change your driver. Those guys don't seem aware that Fedora 10 (and later versions too) is designed to work without an xorg.conf.

Remove your nvidia driver, and install the one from rpmfusion.org by installing their repository on your system and doing 'yum install kmod-nvidia'. That should solve your problems.

Thanks Roxoff, how do I go about removing my nvidia driver as the driver is a shell script and only prompts me to install over whatever driver is there?

[Lazydog]

What run level are you booting into? 5?
Have you tried to boot into run level 3?
What does the logs show for errors?

You stated that you downloaded the drivers, from what site? I have been using nVidia's drivers for years without any issues.

[Shutdown]

What run level are you booting into? 5?
Have you tried to boot into run level 3?
What does the logs show for errors?

You stated that you downloaded the drivers, from what site? I have been using nVidia's drivers for years without any issues.

I was going to suggest this as well.

If you go into Run Level 3 and it works. Then it's a pretty sure bet that your graphics drivers are causing the issue.

[number3]

What run level are you booting into? 5?
Have you tried to boot into run level 3?
What does the logs show for errors?

You stated that you downloaded the drivers, from what site? I have been using nVidia's drivers for years without any issues.

lazydog, I can boot into level 3 just fine.

The log showed these warnings:
WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd' or 'mouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(WW) Disabling Mouse0

I've always downloaded my drivers here

I too have been using nvidia drivers for years without any issues. To be honest I really don't know what would have caused this issue to popup suddenly. I must have absentmindedly updated something.

Still want to try Roxoff's solution, do you know how to uninstall the video drivers?

[Roxoff]

You shouldn't need to uninstall the drivers. But if you want to, take a look to see if you've got an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and change the driver line from 'nvidia' to 'nv'. You don't have to physically delete the binary driver files you built.

[number3]

So I changed my driver line from 'nvidia' to 'nv' and did a 'yum install kmod-nvidia'.

Booted my machine and received got the following message during bootup

Start service nvidia 'FAILED'

Checking for module nvidia.ko:
nvidia.ko for kernel 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i161.PAE was not found 'WARNING'
The nvidia driver will not be enabled until one is found. 'WARNING'
Driver already disabled

This is my first time using kmod-nvidia so I'm not sure how to go about solving this one. Is nvidia.ko something that I need to download as well?

Thanks for the replies so far guys. Much appreciated.

[number3]

Anyone able to help me out with the issue I'm now getting?

Start service nvidia 'FAILED'

Checking for module nvidia.ko:
nvidia.ko for kernel 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i161.PAE was not found 'WARNING'
The nvidia driver will not be enabled until one is found. 'WARNING'
Driver already disabled

[Roxoff]

If you're running a PAE kernel, then perhaps there is an nvidia module available for your kernel type. Try doing 'yum list available | grep "nvidia"

It could also be that you've not got a supported nvidia chipset on your graphics card at all. It could even be that you've not got an nvidia card. Did the system boot into your desktop with the driver line 'nv' in use?