On 03/03/11 10:18 AM, Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote: > > Hi there -- > > I just completed installing the 64-bit version of Release 5.5, and > while the installation and initial configuration > completed successfully, a full boot-up is never completed > successfully. During the system boot-up sequence > the list of services appears to complete, but then a blank blue screen > appears, and while the mouse pointer is > present, it does not respond to any input. I let the system stand, in > the hope it would correct itself, for about > half an hour, but the status did not change. > > I did the installation a second time to see if this was a freak > occurrence. Unfortunately, after the second attempt > was completed, the same issue occurred on the server. > > Prior to doing the installation, I confirmed the DVD and CD media were > tested and found to be valid. When I did > the installation, I went with the base install along with Server, > Server GUI, and Virtualization support. The server > hardware is a Dell R515 system with two 500 GB SAS drives that are > hardware-based RAID1 that was completely > optimized prior to the software install. > > Has anyone experienced this issue before, and has an idea as to what > is going on, and how it can be corrected? > > sounds like a video driver problem. at the grub prompt, linux single, and then at the root shell, vi /etc/inittab and change the initdefault line to read id:3:initdefault: instead of id:5:... then reboot and it should come up in shell mode and you can mess with the X drivers to try and sort them out, or if its a server, who needs GUI, its just overhead...