[expert] boot up problem

[Gerald Williams]

Hi,

I asked this question before under a different subject, but I still haven't 
found a solution yet. My problem is that when I do a cold boot, the system 
slowly freezes after starting X. I see the splash screen slowly start  to 
come up, and after a bit the desktop icons come up in the same spot(one on 
top of the other) at this point, you cannot get to a console as no keys 
work. If I do a reset, the system does a fsck and afterwards comes up like 
it's supposed to.

This happens with KDE and Gnome. If I don't use the autologin but use kdm 
or gdm, the same thing happens. If I start the system in run level 3 
instead of 5,  I get the same thing. 

Any idea what the problem could be, or where I should look? 

Hopefully,

Jerry
  
-- 
Gerald Williams
Words Matter!  Bangkok, Thailand

RE: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

[Ken Wilson]

Not linux_logo though, you can always re-install it from the cd

Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ramon Gandia
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 11:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error


Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
>
> BTW, you only have to rm -f /bin/linux_logo to be rid of that..

My custom has been to rename these things rather than delete
them.  Once deleted, they are gone for good.  If you rename
things, you can change your mind later.  Good names would be:

linux_logo.bak  (traditional .bak for backup file)
linux_logo.rfg  (my initials.  they remind me this is something
 that I did)


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Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

[Jeanette Russo]

I don't know I kinda like the ASCI Penguin just have to figure out how
to fix it so the line doesn't wrap through his little body.
Jeanette




On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Möfödi wrote:
> Benjamin Sher wrote:
> > 
> > Dear Steve:
> > 
> > I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I
> > inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of
> > the ugly penguin. I got rid of the ugly penguin all right, but I also
> > got a Failed message during boottime concerning a syntax error in
> > unexpected token in line 50 of /etc/rc.d/rc.local/rc3.d/S99local:
> > [sher@adsl-77-232-194 rc3.d]$ cat S99local:
> > 
> > I am including it by attachment.
> > 
> > I know nothing about programming, but I did try to see some pattern and
> > use my "common sense" to figure this out. Naturally, uninformed "common
> > sense", professionally speaking, isn't worth a hoot.
> > 
> > By the way, someone else recommended deleting /etc/issue. I did that but
> > the file ?etc/issue was always recreated just the same.
> > 
> > Looking forward to hearing from you.
> > 
> > Benjamin
> > 
> > Benjamin and Anna Sher
> > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sher's Russian Web
> > http://www.websher.net
> 
> Hmmm it works fine 4 me...no more penguin and no errors :)
> Can it be that i use runlevel 2 ?
> And i deleted /etc/issue and /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> It maybe not the smartest thing to do...but no more Mega-Ugly Penguin
> :-)
> And a clean bootup.
> 
> Skruvhuvet

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

[Axalon Bloodstone]

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Ramon Gandia wrote:

> Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> > 
> > BTW, you only have to rm -f /bin/linux_logo to be rid of that..
> 
> My custom has been to rename these things rather than delete
> them.  Once deleted, they are gone for good.  If you rename
> things, you can change your mind later.  Good names would be:
> 
> linux_logo.bak  (traditional .bak for backup file)
> linux_logo.rfg  (my initials.  they remind me this is something
>  that I did)
> 
 
Thanks for catching that, was thinking one thing and typeing another 

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--Axalon

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

[Ramon Gandia]

Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> 
> BTW, you only have to rm -f /bin/linux_logo to be rid of that..

My custom has been to rename these things rather than delete
them.  Once deleted, they are gone for good.  If you rename
things, you can change your mind later.  Good names would be:

linux_logo.bak  (traditional .bak for backup file)
linux_logo.rfg  (my initials.  they remind me this is something
 that I did)


-- 
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http://www.nook.net  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
285 West First Avenue   tel. 907-443-7575
P.O. Box 970fax. 907-443-2487
Nome, Alaska 99762-0970 == Alaska Toll Free. 888-443-7525

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

[Arandir]

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I
> inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of
> the ugly penguin. I got rid of the ugly penguin all right, but I also

> #   else
> #   echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue
> fi
> 
> echo "$R" >> /etc/issue

Comment out (use a # in front of) the "fi" as well.

-- 
Arandir...
___

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

[Axalon Bloodstone]

BTW, you only have to rm -f /bin/linux_logo to be rid of that..

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, [iso-8859-1] Möfödi wrote:

> Benjamin Sher wrote:
> > 
> > Dear Steve:
> > 
> > I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I
> > inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of
> > the ugly penguin. I got rid of the ugly penguin all right, but I also
> > got a Failed message during boottime concerning a syntax error in
> > unexpected token in line 50 of /etc/rc.d/rc.local/rc3.d/S99local:
> > [sher@adsl-77-232-194 rc3.d]$ cat S99local:
> > 
> > I am including it by attachment.
> > 
> > I know nothing about programming, but I did try to see some pattern and
> > use my "common sense" to figure this out. Naturally, uninformed "common
> > sense", professionally speaking, isn't worth a hoot.
> > 
> > By the way, someone else recommended deleting /etc/issue. I did that but
> > the file ?etc/issue was always recreated just the same.
> > 
> > Looking forward to hearing from you.
> > 
> > Benjamin
> > 
> > Benjamin and Anna Sher
> > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sher's Russian Web
> > http://www.websher.net
> 
> Hmmm it works fine 4 me...no more penguin and no errors :)
> Can it be that i use runlevel 2 ?
> And i deleted /etc/issue and /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> It maybe not the smartest thing to do...but no more Mega-Ugly Penguin
> :-)
> And a clean bootup.
> 
> Skruvhuvet
> 

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--Axalon

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

[Benjamin Sher]

Dear Axalon:

Thanks so very much to you and others for pointing out the solution.
Everything is OK now.

Benjamin
-- 
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Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

[Stephen Carville]

You didn't comment out the end of the if block. See below.

Benjamin Sher wrote:
> 
> Dear Steve:
> 
> I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I
> inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of
> the ugly penguin. I got rid of the ugly penguin all right, but I also
> got a Failed message during boottime concerning a syntax error in
> unexpected token in line 50 of /etc/rc.d/rc.local/rc3.d/S99local:
> [sher@adsl-77-232-194 rc3.d]$ cat S99local:
> 
> I am including it by attachment.
> 
> I know nothing about programming, but I did try to see some pattern and
> use my "common sense" to figure this out. Naturally, uninformed "common
> sense", professionally speaking, isn't worth a hoot.
> 
> By the way, someone else recommended deleting /etc/issue. I did that but
> the file ?etc/issue was always recreated just the same.
> 
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
> 
> Benjamin
> 
> Benjamin and Anna Sher
> Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sher's Russian Web
> http://www.websher.net
> 
>   --
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> # This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
> # You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
> # want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
> 
> # Removing it, need to hack the console-tools to have it
> 
> #. /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia
> #
> #if [ "$PCMCIA" != "yes" ] ; then
> #  initty=/dev/tty[1-8]
> #  for tty in $initty; do
> #setleds +num < $tty
> #  done
> #fi
> 
> if [ -f /etc/mandrake-release ];then
> R=$(cat /etc/mandrake-release)
> 
> arch=$(uname -m)
> a="a"
> case "_$arch" in
> _a*) a="an";;
> _i*) a="an";;
> esac
> 
> NUMPROC=$[`cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep ^processor | wc -l`]
> if [ $NUMPROC -gt 1 ]; then
> SMP="$NUMPROC-processor "
> if [ "$NUMPROC" = "8" -o "$NUMPROC" = "11" ]; then
> a="an"
> else
> a="a"
> fi
> fi
> 
> # This will overwrite /etc/issue at every boot.  So, make any changes you
> # want to make to /etc/issue here or you will lose them when you reboot.
> #   if [ -x /usr/bin/linux_logo ];then
> #/usr/bin/linux_logo -c -n -f > /etc/issue
> #echo "" >> /etc/issue
> #   else
> #   echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue

This line needs to be commented out

> fi


> 
>echo "$R" >> /etc/issue
>echo "$R" > /etc/issue.net
>echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue.net
>fi

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[expert] boot up -- syntax error -- SOLVED!

[Benjamin Sher]

Dear friends:

The problem has been solved with Steve Philps' help.

Thank you.  
-- 
Benjamin and Anna Sher
Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

[Möfödi]

Benjamin Sher wrote:
> 
> Dear Steve:
> 
> I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I
> inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of
> the ugly penguin. I got rid of the ugly penguin all right, but I also
> got a Failed message during boottime concerning a syntax error in
> unexpected token in line 50 of /etc/rc.d/rc.local/rc3.d/S99local:
> [sher@adsl-77-232-194 rc3.d]$ cat S99local:
> 
> I am including it by attachment.
> 
> I know nothing about programming, but I did try to see some pattern and
> use my "common sense" to figure this out. Naturally, uninformed "common
> sense", professionally speaking, isn't worth a hoot.
> 
> By the way, someone else recommended deleting /etc/issue. I did that but
> the file ?etc/issue was always recreated just the same.
> 
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
> 
> Benjamin
> 
> Benjamin and Anna Sher
> Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sher's Russian Web
> http://www.websher.net

Hmmm it works fine 4 me...no more penguin and no errors :)
Can it be that i use runlevel 2 ?
And i deleted /etc/issue and /etc/rc.d/rc.local
It maybe not the smartest thing to do...but no more Mega-Ugly Penguin
:-)
And a clean bootup.

Skruvhuvet

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

[Geoff Croxson]

At 01:24  20/10/99 +, you wrote:
>Dear Steve:
comment out all the lines the error is due to 'fi' being uncommented,
as below. The uncommented 'fi' stops the rc.local prematurely.
Also comment out the 'echo' lines below that too, this will stop /etc/issue
from being re-created
[snip]
># This will overwrite /etc/issue at every boot.  So, make any changes you
># want to make to /etc/issue here or you will lose them when you reboot.
>#   if [ -x /usr/bin/linux_logo ];then
>#/usr/bin/linux_logo -c -n -f > /etc/issue
>#echo "" >> /etc/issue
>#   else
>#   echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue
>fi
>
>   echo "$R" >> /etc/issue
>   echo "$R" > /etc/issue.net
>   echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue.net
>   fi

Regards

Geoff Croxson
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Re: [expert] boot up

[Möfödi]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 01:40:59PM -0400, Ian Douglas wrote:
> > to get rid of the penguin, delete the following file:
> >
> > /etc/issue
> 
> You'd also need to comment or remove the stuff in /etc/rc.d/rc.local that
> recreates the penguin on each boot.  :)
> 
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Halleluja... no more penguin!
Thx..

Skruvhuvet

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

[Axalon Bloodstone]

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote:

> Dear Steve:
> 
> I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I
> inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of
> the ugly penguin. I got rid of the ugly penguin all right, but I also
> got a Failed message during boottime concerning a syntax error in  
> unexpected token in line 50 of /etc/rc.d/rc.local/rc3.d/S99local:
> [sher@adsl-77-232-194 rc3.d]$ cat S99local:
> 
> I am including it by attachment. 
> 
> I know nothing about programming, but I did try to see some pattern and
> use my "common sense" to figure this out. Naturally, uninformed "common
> sense", professionally speaking, isn't worth a hoot.
> 
> By the way, someone else recommended deleting /etc/issue. I did that but
> the file ?etc/issue was always recreated just the same.
> 
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
> 
> Benjamin
> 
> 
> 
> Benjamin and Anna Sher
> Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sher's Russian Web
> http://www.websher.net

--
#   if [ -x /usr/bin/linux_logo ];then
#/usr/bin/linux_logo -c -n -f > /etc/issue
#echo "" >> /etc/issue
#   else
#   echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue
fi
^your missing a # here.

--
MandrakeSoft  http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
--Axalon

[expert] boot up -- syntax error

[Benjamin Sher]

Dear Steve:

I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I
inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of
the ugly penguin. I got rid of the ugly penguin all right, but I also
got a Failed message during boottime concerning a syntax error in  
unexpected token in line 50 of /etc/rc.d/rc.local/rc3.d/S99local:
[sher@adsl-77-232-194 rc3.d]$ cat S99local:

I am including it by attachment. 

I know nothing about programming, but I did try to see some pattern and
use my "common sense" to figure this out. Naturally, uninformed "common
sense", professionally speaking, isn't worth a hoot.

By the way, someone else recommended deleting /etc/issue. I did that but
the file ?etc/issue was always recreated just the same.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Benjamin



Benjamin and Anna Sher
Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net

#!/bin/sh

# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.

# Removing it, need to hack the console-tools to have it

#. /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia
#
#if [ "$PCMCIA" != "yes" ] ; then
#  initty=/dev/tty[1-8]
#  for tty in $initty; do
#setleds +num < $tty
#  done
#fi

if [ -f /etc/mandrake-release ];then
R=$(cat /etc/mandrake-release)

arch=$(uname -m)
a="a"
case "_$arch" in
_a*) a="an";;
_i*) a="an";;
esac

NUMPROC=$[`cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep ^processor | wc -l`]
if [ $NUMPROC -gt 1 ]; then
SMP="$NUMPROC-processor "
if [ "$NUMPROC" = "8" -o "$NUMPROC" = "11" ]; then
a="an"
else
a="a"
fi
fi

# This will overwrite /etc/issue at every boot.  So, make any changes you
# want to make to /etc/issue here or you will lose them when you reboot.
#   if [ -x /usr/bin/linux_logo ];then
#/usr/bin/linux_logo -c -n -f > /etc/issue
#echo "" >> /etc/issue
#   else
#   echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue
fi

   echo "$R" >> /etc/issue
   echo "$R" > /etc/issue.net
   echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue.net
   fi

Re: [expert] boot up

[sphilp]

On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 07:17:48PM +0200, Möfödi wrote:
> Howdy
> 
> When i boot up mdk 6.1 it always starts
> with a penguin and something about kernel 2.2.13.
> How to do so that not come up. I delete
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local but it dident help.
> I know that this is not a big prob.. but but

In /etc/rc.d/rc.local, you'll find a section that reads:
   if [ -x /usr/bin/linux_logo ];then
/usr/bin/linux_logo -c -n -f > /etc/issue
echo "" >> /etc/issue
   else
   echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue
   fi

Comment out that entire section by placing hash marks (#) in front.

That will stop it from feeding the ugly penguin into /etc/issue.

Next, empty /etc/issue using the command:

cat /dev/null > /etc/issue

That'll do it!
-- 
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] boot up

[sphilp]

On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 01:40:59PM -0400, Ian Douglas wrote:
> to get rid of the penguin, delete the following file:
> 
> /etc/issue

You'd also need to comment or remove the stuff in /etc/rc.d/rc.local that
recreates the penguin on each boot.  :)

-- 
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] boot up

[Ian Douglas]

to get rid of the penguin, delete the following file:

/etc/issue

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[expert] boot up

[Möfödi]

Howdy

When i boot up mdk 6.1 it always starts
with a penguin and something about kernel 2.2.13.
How to do so that not come up. I delete
/etc/rc.d/rc.local but it dident help.
I know that this is not a big prob.. but but

(sorry 4 bady eng)

Skruvhuvet