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Re: [PLUG] rhel hangs after running up2date
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On Sun, March 26, 2006 8:38 pm, Michael Lazin wrote:
> Yeah, the sendmail client appears to be hanging. I can wait for a long
> time, it does nothing. I am able to boot into single user mode, but I am
> unsure of what to do when I boot into single user mode.
>
> Michael
>
> 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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>> >
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>>
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>>
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I would remove sm-client from startup (chkconfig sm-client -del, or
something like that, it's been a while) and then make sure you can boot
your system, debugging it afterwards.
-Cos
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