[CentOS] CentOs 7.0 and reboot failure

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 
> 
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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