Suse 10.0 OSS Freezes During Boot

rioch · 02-26-2006, 07:11 PM

I have Suse Linux 10.0 OSS and during boot it freezes when it seems about 75-85% through the boot process, normally around the place where powersaved or the ssh daemon is started. I can only boot successfully by using the failsafe mode.

Before rebooting I installed QT 4.0, updated some KDE packages and installed the kernel-sources. I am going to try and remove the sources and see if this solves the problem. In the meantime, can anyone shed any light on the subject?

dbogdan · 02-26-2006, 07:54 PM

Try booting the box using the "noapic" and/or "acpi=off" and/or "pci=noacpi" switches

rioch · 02-27-2006, 03:19 AM

I'll give that a go. I am able to boot in failsafe mode, so perhaps it is something in the runlevel that is causing the problem. I have been able to boot up fine for over 2 weeks (since I replaced a damaged hard drive). This is the first time it has happened. ACPI has been working without any problems, so I would be surprised if it were this.

I'll let you know what my results yield.
Rioch.

rioch · 02-27-2006, 06:24 AM

OK, I have managed to narrow the problem down with a little trial and error.

Starting up using the normal bootloader selection but pressing F2 and entering "3" so that the system boots to runlevel 3 work without any problem. During boot, it reports that the following two services have not been loaded:

- nfs
- smbfs

So, for some reason these *could* be the cause. I will investigate further.

rioch · 02-27-2006, 06:33 AM

Turns out that had nothing to do with it. Problem is solved here:

http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?...7&#entry118877