[CentOS] kernel boot issues

Wed Jan 30 02:02:12 UTC 2019
Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>

On Jan 29, 2019, at 8:08 PM, RC <cjvijf at gmail.com> wrote:
> I run CentOS release 6.10 (Final) on a Dell Inspiron M6700.
> 
> 2.6.32-754.el6.x86_64 boots, and is whaat I am running now
> 
> 
> none of these, updated ones, won't boot:
> 
> 2.6.32-754.3.5.el6.x86_64
> 
> 2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64
> 
> 2.6.32-754.9.1.el6.x86_64
> 
> 2.6.32-754.10.1.el6.x86_64
> 
> 
> They all show the same 'symptom',  grub says it is booting that kernel, screen blanks, solid corned in the left-top corner...  and that's whee it stays.
> 
> I know this is vague, but any ideas?


You should remove the ‘rhgb quiet’ from the grub kernel line, to get a better idea of what it’s actually doing.

Any chance you’re using a 3rd-party drivers for the video card?

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Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>