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nbrown
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 Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:22 am Post subject: Reboot during init sequence |
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So I had a working system and I was trying to get away from an old love-sources kernel to a newer gento-sources one and in the process something went miserably wrong. I don't think there's anything wrong with the kernel because for now (as a last resort) I copied the config from a Live CD and it boots through all the kernel stuff just fine.
The problem is my computer reboots every single time (no matter whether I use the old kernel or new kernel) at some point in the init sequence. For the gentoo-sources-2.6.9 it reboots either during or just after the EVMS init script is called. Sometimes it prints a message that flashes for a fraction of a second saying "Restarting system" (I think, it's way to fast). Other times I see nothing.
Any ideas of what to do?
Thanks in advance,
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suso
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| Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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You didn't happen to set your default run level to 6 or 0 did you? Check /etc/inittab:
| Code: | # Default runlevel.
id:3:initdefault:
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nbrown
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| Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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I don't believe so, but here's my inittab:
| Code: | #
# /etc/inittab: This file describes how the INIT process should set up
# the system in a certain run-level.
#
# Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels@cistron.nl>
# Modified by: Patrick J. Volkerding, <volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com>
# Modified by: Daniel Robbins, <drobbins@gentoo.org>
# Modified by: Martin Schlemmer, <azarah@gentoo.org>
#
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/sysvinit/files/inittab,v 1.1 2004/06/29 19:32:50 agriffis Exp $
#
# Default runlevel.
id:3:initdefault:
# System initialization, mount local filesystems, etc.
si::sysinit:/sbin/rc sysinit
# Further system initialization, brings up the boot runlevel.
rc::bootwait:/sbin/rc boot
l0:0:wait:/sbin/rc shutdown
l1:S1:wait:/sbin/rc single
l2:2:wait:/sbin/rc nonetwork
l3:3:wait:/sbin/rc default
l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc default
l5:5:wait:/sbin/rc default
l6:6:wait:/sbin/rc reboot
#z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin
# TERMINALS
c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
c4:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
c5:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r now
# Used by /etc/init.d/xdm to control DM startup.
# Read the comments in /etc/init.d/xdm for more
# info. Do NOT remove, as this will start nothing
# extra at boot if /etc/init.d/xdm is not added
# to the "default" runlevel.
x:a:once:/etc/X11/startDM.sh
# End of /etc/inittab
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reasonant
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Location: Irvine CA
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| Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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How many times do you let it reboot?
My system used to reboot anywhere up to four times - seemingly at random - just as you decribe. But now it does not do it anymore - I have no idea why.
Sorry that is not very helpful - but I thought you may need to let it reboot a couple more times to get into the system. |
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nbrown
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry about not responding in so long, but I've been out of touch for about a month. Anyways, I let it reboot 7-8 times and then got bored and let it reboot into windows instead. Any other ideas out there or should I let it go longer? |
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