Nope, just plain OptiPlex GX280's.  Integrated graphics cards,  
integrated NICs, integrated sound.  All of them have the DVI  
conversion adapter installed on them though, which the flat panels  
use but the CRTs don't.  It seems to take forever to boot, but the  
network adapter does get brought up but I can' t ping the systems  
remotely.

On Oct 10, 2005, at 5:19 PM, Connie Sieh wrote:

> Gregory,
>
> Any "special" hardware on this Dell?
>
> -Connie Sieh
>
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Gregory Harris
> wrote:
>
>
>> Yeah, I felt dumb after I wrote that because I forgot about grub.
>> Anyhow, it's a rather interesting problem that a kernel update would
>> cause this much havoc.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Greg
>>
>> On Oct 10, 2005, at 4:51 PM, Connie Sieh wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Gregory,
>>>
>>> Grub should give you the option to boot the older kernel.
>>>
>>> -Connie Sieh
>>>
>>> On Mon, 10 Oct
>>> 2005, Gregory Harris wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Anybody else having serious problems with the 2.6.9-22 kernel that
>>>> just came out for SL4?
>>>>
>>>> I have yum set to autoupdate.  I have just found out that all of  
>>>> the
>>>> 30 or so Dell Optiplex GX280's we have that have  been rebooted are
>>>> all hanging on boot.  There doesn't seem to be anyway to get to a
>>>> root console on them either, it doesn't bring up networking and  
>>>> hangs
>>>> on the "setting up swap space" or it goes to a blank screen.
>>>>
>>>> At this point I don't see anyway to revert to the previous state
>>>> other than reinstalling.  It's not a big deal here though since we
>>>> use network home directories.  Just want to get the word out before
>>>> it bites someone else.
Gregory Harris
Network Specialist
Department of Mathematics
The University of Kansas
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