[CentOS] Server hangs initializing audio

chrism at imntv.com chrism at imntv.com
Wed Oct 11 15:51:11 UTC 2006


Bowie Bailey wrote:
> I have a server that frequently hangs while rebooting.  I see no
> errors, but during the boot process it stops at this stage:
>
>     Initializing hardware... storage network audio
>
> The cursor sits just after the word "audio" and I have to do a hard
> reset to get out of it.  This server has no audio capabilities, so I
> am thinking that I just need to disable the audio stuff so it doesn't
> even try to load it, but I don't know where to look.

I had a similar problem with some older Intel boards.  Disabling the 
cheesy onboard audio in the motherboard bios "fixed" it.

Cheers,




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