On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:06:48AM -0500, dave oswald wrote: <snip> > Starting periodic command scheduler: crond. > > Its worth noting that the console to this system is frozen - and putty can > not connect remotely. > > Your thoughts and input are greatly appreciated. IIRC this means that there is no getty running on hvc0, modify inittab appropriatly ... oh and probably securetty. If that fixes it please file a bug. Yours Tony