On 08/02/2012 11:55 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: > On 08/02/2012 11:37 AM, Randall Devol wrote: >> I posted this issue first to >> http://scientificlinuxforum.org/index.php?act=ST&f=16&t=1803 >> <http://scientificlinuxforum.org/index.php?act=ST&f=16&t=1803>. On the >> forum, tux99 suggested I report this on the devel mail list. >> >> After upgrading from SL 6.0 to SL 6.2, system startup appears to hang >> when it tries to start run level 5. Parallels is still able to cleanly >> shut down the guest OS and booting into single user works as expected. >> >> After booting into single users, 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. >> >> CentOS release 6.3 with the same version of the kernel >> (2.6.32-279.el6.i686 #1) and the same version of Xorg-server >> (1.10.6.1.el6.centos) as SL 6.2 runs normally under Parallels. >> >> This seems like a bug in SL to me. >> >> -=O=- Randy Devol >> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> Cell: 408-483-3627 >> Fax: 650-390-0818 >> >> > > There seems to be a lot of comparison between SL 6.2 and CentOS 6.3 > flying around today. Not very apples to apples so to speak. I'm also > guessing that your SL 6.0 to 6.2 was updated via yum and not a fresh > installation and that the CentOS was. A week or so ago, there were > numerous packages for the X drivers that were pushed out to > accommodate a change in the Xorg API between minor revisions by TUV. > This sounds an awful lot like the cause of your trouble. Was the > 'prlvideo' driver package updated when you went to 6.2? You might > want to jump back a bit in the mailing list archives to find the > proper way to make sure yum grabs the correct packages. You could > also try SL 6.3rc1 to see if the problem persists there. > > -Mark > Echoing Mark's comments. I also have a set of questions, but I'll start with: where is prlvideo coming from? -- Pat Riehecky Scientific Linux Developer