On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Fabien Archambault wrote: > 2012/3/2 Bernd Bartmann <bernd.bartmann at gmail.com> > >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Jussi Hirvi wrote: >> > On 2.3.2012 15.59, Bernd Bartmann wrote: >> >> The only problem is that the system hangs after >> >> entering "reboot". I can see that several services get stopped, but >> >> after some seconds the screen is just black and nothing happens >> >> anymore. >> > >> > Does it hang after the shutdown process is totally complete, or >> > somewhere in between? (If so, what is the last thing you see on screen?) >> > How long have you waited for it to proceed? >> >> After pressing ESC to see all the service shutdown messages the last >> two lines show: >> >> init: Re-executing /sbin/init [OK] >> Please stand by while rebooting the system... >> Restarting system. >> >> So it hangs after shutdown has been completed. I've waited more than 10 >> minutes. >> >> > How much RAM? On startup it will be checking the RAM, and possible other >> > things, and I think this happens right at the beginning of startup >> > sequence. >> >> The system has 8GB RAM. > Perhaps this bug is related: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731114 Thanks Fabian. The kernel parameter "reboot=pci" that is mentioned in the Bugzilla entries solves the issue for me. Best regards, Bernd.