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QwertyJuan
09-25-2009, 05:51 PM
Ok.... I had a bad stick of ram... reloaded CentOS, and it booted up fine. Worked A1.

Rebooted... went into CentOS fine. Great!

Started the Apache web server, and enabled it to start each time the machine starts. Reboot. The machine gives me a black screen before it gets to the login screen. Computer sits for 20 seconds maybe not doing anything. Then I watch the fan shut down, and the machine is off. WUT?!?!

I push power button, and it boots into CentOS just fine.

I have rebooted 5 or 6 times since, and it keeps going into CentOS just fine.

Whats the deal?? If you change a setting, is it supposed to do this?? I have never saw a computer do this before. I am NEW to Linux, so wondering if this is "common" or "supposed to happen"????

Thanks for the info.

P.S. The websever is working great. I just enable 'httpd' and go to a workstation, type in the IP of the server, and BAM, a web-page. Sweet!

QJ
QwertyJuan
09-25-2009, 09:29 PM
Ok... I think the computer I am putting it on is either

A - Not working properly
B - Doesn't like Linux

I have put CentOS on another machine, and I'm not experiencing these same 'issues'...
keenan
09-25-2009, 11:20 PM
Personally I'd chalk this up to a hardware issue. What's the last thing you see in the boot console?
alan2308
09-26-2009, 01:40 PM
It does sound like hardware but as a last resort, try reinstalling. You had been running with bad RAM, so there's no telling what happened during that time.
Carlosinfl
09-26-2009, 02:14 PM
I agree. When you enable a service, you should not have to reboot your server.

/etc/init.d/httpd start
ckconfig httpd on

Thays all you need to do in order to start Apache and make sure it's enable on boot. I think your PC / Server has some issues.
longblock454
09-28-2009, 03:53 PM
I agree. When you enable a service, you should not have to reboot your server.

/etc/init.d/httpd start
ckconfig httpd on

Thays all you need to do in order to start Apache and make sure it's enable on boot. I think your PC / Server has some issues.

Note the missing "h" in chkconfig above.

Run memtest86 for ~12 or so to make sure your RAM is good.
LittlePud
10-19-2009, 07:52 AM
What board are you running? Linux often has issues with things like ACPI.
QwertyJuan
10-19-2009, 09:28 AM
What board are you running? Linux often has issues with things like ACPI.

I changed to a different machine and it works great, BUT I installed windows on this same machine here in this thread and it works great. It was an Asus mobo with the G45 chipset... cannot remember the board model # right off of the top of my head right now.
LittlePud
10-24-2009, 09:45 AM
Try disabling ACPI and see if the problem still occurs:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/csgfs/browse/4.6/Cluster_Administration/s2-apci-disable-boot-CA.html