VMWare Player doesn't work either.  Stuff I read indicate it is some virtualization library that broke it.  Possibly the same one for parallels.

I just wanted to do a quick install into a virtual machine to test DVD image updates so I didn't have to burn a DVD to test mods to support the Pentium M.

On Aug 1, 2012, at 5:01 PM, Randall Devol wrote:

> I posted this issue first to http://scientificlinuxforum.org/index.php?act=ST&f=16&t=1803
> 
> Here is a copy/paste for your convenience:
> 
>> I have been happily using SL 6.0 for about a year now, happily running on my Mac in a Parallels Desktop virtual environment. 
>> What works: 
>> SciLinux 2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686 #1 SMP Mon Jun 18 09:58:35 CDT 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>> xorg-x11-server-Xorg Version : 1.10.6 Release : 1.sl6
>> Parallels Desktop 7.0.15104(778994)
>> Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
>> 
>> About 1 month ago, some updates were issued through one of 
>> epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - i386 6,306
>> rpmforge RHEL 6.0 - RPMforge.net - dag 4,448
>> sl Scientific Linux 6.0 - i386 4,630
>> sl-security Scientific Linux 6.0 - i386 - security updates 2,180
>> to update the kernel, xorg, MySQL, and a few other applications. 
>> 
>> After a lot of trial and error, I have installed all updates except for:
>> 
>> kernel.i686 2.6.32-279.1.1.el6 sl-security
>> kernel-devel.i686 2.6.32-279.1.1.el6 sl-security
>> kernel-firmware.noarch 2.6.32-279.1.1.el6 sl-security
>> kernel-headers.i686 2.6.32-279.1.1.el6 sl-security
>> xorg-x11-drv-ati-firmware.noarch 6.14.2-9.el6 sl-security
>> 
>> If I install any of these updates, I can boot into single user just fine, but the system hangs where the character graphics stop and the xorg graphics normally begin. If Parallels sends a shutdown or reboot message, the system shuts down normally most of the time so the kernel is not infinite looping
>> 
>> /var/log/messages shows a variety of errors, usually after the system has started shutting down but I don't entire trust them.
>> 
>> I can live with this. I am mostly reporting it for the benefit of others, but if some one has an idea, I would be interested. 
>> 
>> In the mean time, I am going to make a backup copy of the virtual disk, and upgrade to SL6.2 just to see if that helps.  
> 
> and
> 
>> After upgrading to SL 6.2, startup halts at the same place.
>> 
>> In the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file, I see that the Parallels video driver "prlvideo" cannot load because it includes an undefined symbol: "miEmptyData". The Parallels mouse driver cannot load because of the undefined symbol: "dixScreenOrigins".
>> 
>> Then Xorg aborts because it cannot find any screens. 
> 
> 
> I am not sure it is a SL bug.  Parallels is known for being behind the cutting edge.  But I don't think of SL as cutting edge either.
> 
> I have also posted this to the Parallels support forum here: http://forum.parallels.com/showpost.php?p=633981&postcount=9
> 
> -=O=- Randy