CentOS - Aug 2009 - problem with udev when booting kernel 5.3 release 128.4.1

Hi List,
I am running a 64 bit 5.3 kernel on an intel mb and all has been well.
Today I thought it would be okay to reboot so that the latest kernel was 
running - i.e move from 128.2.1 to 128.4.1 release.
The system passes POST fine, grub passes control to the 128.4.1 kernel 
and the boot process is under way.
after some 30 secs the system starts beeping - continuously.
After I hooked up a monitor I find that udev does not come up with OK 
and thats when the system starts the beep beep beep ......
No logs to see ......
using grub to select 128.2.1 boot fine
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for your words of wisdom and advice.
Rob
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Rob Kampen wrote:
> Hi List,
> I am running a 64 bit 5.3 kernel on an intel mb and all has been well.
> Today I thought it would be okay to reboot so that the latest kernel 
> was running - i.e move from 128.2.1 to 128.4.1 release.
> The system passes POST fine, grub passes control to the 128.4.1 kernel 
> and the boot process is under way.
> after some 30 secs the system starts beeping - continuously.
> After I hooked up a monitor I find that udev does not come up with OK 
> and thats when the system starts the beep beep beep ......
> No logs to see ......
> using grub to select 128.2.1 boot fine
> Any ideas?
> Thanks in advance for your words of wisdom and advice.
> Rob
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Still no joy with the latest kernel - fails at initialization of udevd 
with beep beep beep .......
I have tried a new version of the rr174x raid controller device driver, 
new make and make install but still the same issue. Not sure if this 
module is looked at by udev or not - I'm way out of my depth here.

Currently server is functioning fine on
Linux obfuscated.example.com 2.6.18-128.2.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Jul 14 
06:36:37 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
but I'm perturbed why a simple update of the kernel kills my server - 
not what I expected from CentOS / RHEL.
What tests / things should I check? I see no files in /etc with dates 
after Jul 21 (date I installed 128.2.1 kernel) that appear to contain 
any device related changes
Any help appreciated.
Rob
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Rob Kampen wrote:
> I am running a 64 bit 5.3 kernel on an intel mb and all has been well.
> Today I thought it would be okay to reboot so that the latest kernel was 
> running - i.e move from 128.2.1 to 128.4.1 release.
> The system passes POST fine, grub passes control to the 128.4.1 kernel 
> and the boot process is under way.
> after some 30 secs the system starts beeping - continuously.
> After I hooked up a monitor I find that udev does not come up with OK 
> and thats when the system starts the beep beep beep ......
> No logs to see ......
> using grub to select 128.2.1 boot fine
> Any ideas?
I just upgraded the kernel also, and I'm having the same problem (except 
that my screen goes blank).

I noticed that Interactive mode allows the system to boot.

So, I'm wondering how to revert to the penultimate kernel. I tried to 
find info - all I got was
rpm -e kernel-oldversion
Would that make the system drop to the next-to-most-recent?

I saw a few mentions of using grub - but I set the timeout to 0 (but I 
don't use that screen, so I don't even see it now). If this method is a 
permanent fix, should I set it so that it comes up on the next boot?

[mykolas at sr1220 ~]$ uname -r
2.6.18-128.4.1.el5
[mykolas at sr1220 ~]$ rpm -q kernel
kernel-2.6.18-128.el5
kernel-2.6.18-128.1.16.el5
kernel-2.6.18-128.4.1.el5