Kernel 2.6.22.1-33.fc7: Boot stalls

[pigpen]

Hi all, with kernel 2.6.22.1-33.fc7 I see boot-up stall at:

Determining IP information for eth0 ...

No time-out, no error messages on screen, it just stalls. I have to CTRL-ALT-DEL to get out of there. (Kernel 2.6.22.1-27.fc7 works perfectly, though!).
In /var/log/messages it seems the box DOES in fact get an IP from DHCP because ntpd syncs successfully:

...
Jul 30 15:26:03 pc56257 restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) Invalid argument
Jul 30 15:27:25 pc56257 ntpd[2182]: synchronized to 132.199.xxx.xxx, stratum 2
Jul 30 15:27:25 pc56257 ntpd[2182]: time reset +0.128869 s
Jul 30 15:27:25 pc56257 ntpd[2182]: kernel time sync status change 0001
Jul 30 15:31:31 pc56257 ntpd[2182]: synchronized to 132.199.7.42, stratum 2
Jul 30 15:32:53 pc56257 restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) Success
Jul 30 15:37:46 pc56257 ntpd[2182]: synchronized to 132.199.xxx.xxx, stratum 2
Jul 30 15:38:08 pc56257 restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) Invalid argument
Jul 30 15:41:24 pc56257 last message repeated 2 times
Jul 30 15:41:39 pc56257 last message repeated 3 times
Jul 30 15:42:20 pc56257 gconfd (pigpen-3063): Exiting
Jul 30 15:42:21 pc56257 gdm[2739]: Restarting computer...
Jul 30 15:42:23 pc56257 shutdown[2739]: shutting down for system reboot
Jul 30 15:42:24 pc56257 restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) Invalid argument
Jul 30 15:42:24 pc56257 restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) Invalid argument
Jul 30 15:42:24 pc56257 smartd[2729]: smartd received signal 15: Terminated
Jul 30 15:42:24 pc56257 smartd[2729]: smartd is exiting (exit status 0)
Jul 30 15:42:24 pc56257 avahi-daemon[2603]: Got SIGTERM, quitting.
Jul 30 15:42:24 pc56257 avahi-daemon[2603]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::219:b9ff:xxxx:xxxx.
Jul 30 15:42:24 pc56257 avahi-daemon[2603]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 132.199.145.xxx.
Jul 30 15:42:30 pc56257 ntpd[2182]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
Jul 30 15:42:30 pc56257 restorecond: terminated
Jul 30 15:42:30 pc56257 audispd[1959]: input read: EOF
Jul 30 15:42:30 pc56257 auditd[1957]: The audit daemon is exiting.
Jul 30 15:42:30 pc56257 kernel: audit(1185802950.770:130): audit_pid=0 old=1957 by auid=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:auditd_t:s0
Jul 30 15:42:31 pc56257 kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.
Jul 30 15:42:31 pc56257 kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.
Jul 30 15:42:32 pc56257 exiting on signal 15

What seems to be causing the hang are the messages

restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) Invalid argument

Does anyone know what it causing this error? Is it probably caused by messed up SELinux policies?

[janvlug]

I have the impression I'm suffering from a similar problem.

I do not think that is is SELinux related, as I am not using SELinux.

First my laptop also stalled during boot (on enabling networking).
After that I disabled the network activation during startup, it starts but getting the network up and running does not work (using the ipw2200 driver and NetworkManager service).
According to /var/log/messages, I do get a DHCPOFFER, but after a while NetworkManager states:
<info> Device 'eth1' DHCP transaction took too long (>45s). stopping it.

Also for me kernel 2.6.22.1-27.fc7 works perfectly.

[janvlug]

I guess that the problems are related to this bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla....cgi?id=249857

[pigpen]

Yes, that might well be. On another box, I had the "logged in for less than 10 secs" message and the time was 2 hrs off. On THIS box, I found out that the timeout for "Determining IP information for eth0" was almost exactly 2 hrs.
Anyways, it seems that 2.6.22.1-41.fc7 resolves these issues. Thanks to the developers for the fast response and thank you for the link to Bugzilla.