[NTLUG:Discuss] Redhat up2date crash

[Paul Drew]

Howdy Guys,
Your my last hope! I have been crawling around on google, and beating my 
tower to a pulp. I normally update my box via rpm as the need arises or I 
know of a particular issue. I have never messed with RedHat's up2date 
option. I decided to do so, and I was informed of tons of updates that were 
needed.

Being someone who likes to keep his software patched, and updated I decided 
it was best to go ahead and update most of it. After a few hours of updating 
it locked up. I let it sit there for about 4 hours and no progress. I tried 
the various keyboard shortcuts, etc all to no avail. It was hard locked, so 
I powered down the box, and I rebooted it.

Upon boot I noticed that it hangs on the part where it is trying to samba 
mount. I did recently put some entries into the fstab, and I am pretty sure 
they were ok, but it seems to hang there for a bit. (30 minutes or so). Then 
it gives some errors, and passes it up, and gives me my Gnome login screen. 
No matter what login I try to use, I cannot log in. I can't login as myself, 
my wife, root, or any other username I have on the box. I know that the 
passwords SHOULD be correct too. I even tried no password for them all and 
root with no success.

Since I can't login, I don't know what to do. I think more than just user 
permissions may have gotten hosed with the crash, but I am so new I am not 
sure. Any suggestion? Has anyone seen anything like this before?

I know that I am not giving alot of detail here, and its honestly because I 
don't have it. I don't remember what all packages I was installing, and 
updating. I was lazy and let up2date choose it all for me. I don't mind 
formatting, and starting over either, however I would much rather figure 
this out, and solve a problem. I put alot of time into configuring that box 
and its kernel, drivers, software, etc.

Thanks in advance for your time to read this, and consider it. I do 
appreciate any advice you might have. Have a great day, and take care.

Paul Drew



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