Re: reboot after updates didn't work

2011-09-26 Thread Tom Horsley
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:43:52 -0400 Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: > OK...was the problem the system would not shutdown in preparation to > reboot, or was the problem the system tried to go thru the boot(-up) > process and failed? Well, since the screen went totally blank, and there was nothing in the l

Re: reboot after updates didn't work

2011-09-26 Thread Clyde E. Kunkel
On 09/26/2011 10:11 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:55:19 -0400 > Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: > >> I have seen this before after a systemd update. One time occurrence >> usually. > > Judging from the normal messages I see on reboot, the code > is trying to do some sort of "root pivot" t

Re: reboot after updates didn't work

2011-09-26 Thread Tom Horsley
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:55:19 -0400 Clyde E. Kunkel wrote: > I have seen this before after a systemd update. One time occurrence > usually. Judging from the normal messages I see on reboot, the code is trying to do some sort of "root pivot" to swap in a consistent set of files to run while killi

Re: reboot after updates didn't work

2011-09-26 Thread Richard Shaw
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > I just applied latest f16 updates, had a whole bunch > of files skipped due to dependency problems, but a > vast number of updates applied OK. > > I then told system to reboot, the screen went totally > black, and the reboot never happened. > >

Re: reboot after updates didn't work

2011-09-26 Thread Clyde E. Kunkel
On 09/26/2011 09:34 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > I just applied latest f16 updates, had a whole bunch > of files skipped due to dependency problems, but a > vast number of updates applied OK. > > I then told system to reboot, the screen went totally > black, and the reboot never happened. > > The only

reboot after updates didn't work

2011-09-26 Thread Tom Horsley
I just applied latest f16 updates, had a whole bunch of files skipped due to dependency problems, but a vast number of updates applied OK. I then told system to reboot, the screen went totally black, and the reboot never happened. The only thing in the /var/log/messages file was the normal entry