Re: [PLUG] rhel hangs after running up2date

On 3/26/06, Andrew Libby <andrew.libby@gmail.com> wrote:

sm-client is a sendmail client process, IIRC.  My bet is that you're
experiencing
a hang while sendmail tries to connect to the network.  How long have
you let
it sit at this stage?  If you let it sit for a few minutes, say 3 - 5
does it get past
this?

Options might be to boot into single user mode (depends on your boot
loader)

LILO: linux 1

GRUB:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-rescuemode-booting-single.html
(old link, sure but I bet the directions still apply)

Or you could try the interactive boot that RedHat offers.  I've not
messed with that, I'm more
of a single user kind of guy.

Good luck.

Andy

Michael Lazin wrote:

> I ran up2date on rhel ws 4 and got many updates including a new
> kernel.  Now all the kernels I have including the original kernel hang
> when booting.  During booting it just freezes on "Starting sm-client:
> OK"
>
> It does nothing after this.  Any ideas how I can get this system up
> and running again?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael
>
> BTW-this version of  rhel came with my computer, and does not include
> support from redhat
>
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