[CentOS] Upgrade from 4.7 to 5.2 problem with udev and ssl

Have got things finally straigtened out with this upgrade however, there is
one little thing.

On boot up or shutdown, as everything is starting or shutting down, my
monitor blanks momentarily.  Three or four things may have started or
stopped before the monitor comes back.

Is this a new feature?  Its kind of annoying.

TIA