On Mon, 2014-12-01 at 18:50 +0000, Ned Slider wrote: > 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? > > > _______________________________________________ Ned, Thanks for your response!!! Sorry, if posting a bug report was the wrong venue !!! There are no messages in the message logs that I could identify as problems, but the system fails before the OS is active. I have not updated the BIOS, and do not know how to do this... but this is my testing machine so I am more than open to doing this. I am using a Gateway SX2855-UB12P. I will take a look at the Gateway site; if there are tutorials you could point me to I would appreciate it. The only hardware that has been added has been a usb ethernet connection so that I have the motherboard nic card and the usb nic connection. I wanted to use this setup to test the firewalld capabilities for a network gateway. The machine does not have a monitor, and is without a mouse or keyboard. It should be noted that this machine previously had CentOS 6 with a 3T Seagate drive that worked without a problem, but recently developed a disc failure. I replaced the drive with a 4T WesternDigital drive and installed CentOs 7.0 from a DVD. Thanks again for your help!!! Greg