On 01/12/14 18:36, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > On Thu, 2014-11-27 at 22:04 -0600, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> On Thu, 2014-11-27 at 18:50 -0600, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >>> Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 13:50:17 -0600 >>> >>> On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 13:07:47 -0600 >>> Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >>> >>>> I also changed the boot level to 5. >>> >>> Do you mean the runlevel? If so, are you sure that you changed it correctly? >>> >>> Centos 7 doesn't use runlevels set in inittab like previous versions did. I see that fact is actually noted in /etc/inittab, along with the expected way to do it. >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Frank, >>> >>> Yes, you are correct, I changed the run level and not boot level to 5 >>> and did so by using the command : >>> >>> ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target >>> >>> Also, I appreciate everybody's input on this, but I am still at a loss >>> as to how to fix this. Without being able to reboot, it sure makes the >>> set up difficult. >>> >>> Does anyone else have any ideas?? >>> >>> Greg >>> >> >> I have tried some additional changes that have not made a difference. >> >> I disabled selinux - that made no difference >> I stopped and disabled firewalld - that made no difference. >> >> I can boot this machine after I turn it off and then back on, but when I >> try to do a shutdown now -r, the system hangs right after picking the OS >> that is desired "CentOS Linux..........". >> >> After the machine is turned off the boot process occurs normally after >> this choice and I get two penguins in the upper left hand corner, and >> the boot proceeds. When I do a shutdown now -r, I do not get to the >> penguins and the machine hangs forever until I either unplug it or press >> the power button for 5 seconds. >> >> Any help would be appreciated!!! >> >> Greg >> > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Everyone, > > I did not get much of a response on the list so I filed a bug report. I > wanted to document the bug report for anyone else that is having a > reboot problem. > > https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=7949 > > > Greg Ennis > Seems little point in filing a bug report when you have no idea what the issue is. Bugs are not a means of troubleshooting nor a support forum. However, you did get my attention so lets see if we can stimulate some further interest in troubleshooting this. So the system will perform a cold reboot, but not a warm reboot. Sounds like a hardware issue to me. Any clues in /var/log/messages ? Tried updating the BIOS? Any hardware firmwares being loaded?