Re: [gentoo-user] Agetty
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:27, Daniel Faulknor wrote: Hi everyone After my kernel loads i get the message INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: Id c2 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id c3 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id c4 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id c5 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id c6 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel Then the computer just stops - HELP! Thanks Daniel Faulknor -- www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com http://www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com you are missing the agetty application that is described in your /etc/inittab file. agetty belongs to sys-apps/util-linux, which you could reemerge by using your livecd and doing the chroot thing like when you installed. either that or you are playing with a new kernel, and forgot to compile support for the filesystem which /sbin is on. Consider that init calls inittab as soon as the kernel is up, so if it stops, you will probably only see a few lines from the kernel on screen and not much else... is this what you are experiencing? -- furbling, v.: Having to wander through a maze of ropes at an airport or bank even when you are the only person in line. -- Rich Hall, Sniglets -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Agetty
Hi everyone After my kernel loads i get the message INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: Id c2 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id c3 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id c4 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id c5 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id c6 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel Then the computer just stops - HELP! Thanks Daniel Faulknor-- www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Agetty
Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2005 10:17 schrieb ext Glenn Enright: On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:27, Daniel Faulknor wrote: Hi everyone After my kernel loads i get the message INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: Id c6 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel Then the computer just stops - HELP! Thanks Daniel Faulknor -- www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com http://www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com you are missing the agetty application that is described in your /etc/inittab file. agetty belongs to sys-apps/util-linux, which you could reemerge by using your livecd and doing the chroot thing like when you installed. Or ist is installed, but has no execute permission. either that or you are playing with a new kernel, and forgot to compile support for the filesystem which /sbin is on. If this was the case, how could init be executed, or even read inittab? Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hambornerstraße 55 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40472 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net pgpJqOwHpHFut.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Agetty
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 02:48, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: either that or you are playing with a new kernel, and forgot to compile support for the filesystem which /sbin is on. If this was the case, how could init be executed, or even read inittab? it is possibly on a separate partition. -- I want to reach your mind -- where is it currently located? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Agetty
On 10/24/05, Glenn Enright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:27, Daniel Faulknor wrote: Hi everyone After my kernel loads i get the message INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: Id c2 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutesINIT: no more processes left in this runlevel Then the computer just stops - HELP! Thanks Daniel Faulknor -- www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com http://www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com you are missing the agetty application that is described in your /etc/inittabfile. agetty belongs to sys-apps/util-linux, which you could reemerge byusing your livecd and doing the chroot thing like when you installed. either that or you are playing with a new kernel, and forgot to compile support forthe filesystem which /sbin is on.Consider that init calls inittab as soon as the kernel is up, so if it stops,you will probably only see a few lines from the kernel on screen and not much else... is this what you are experiencing?--furbling, v.: Having to wander through a maze of ropes at an airport or bank even when you are the only person in line. -- Rich Hall, Sniglets --gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing listI emerged it but it didnt help - i just restarted the computer and it didnt work - i hadnt done anything to it. It used to work -- www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Agetty
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 05:30, Glenn Enright wrote: On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 02:48, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: either that or you are playing with a new kernel, and forgot to compile support for the filesystem which /sbin is on. If this was the case, how could init be executed, or even read inittab? scuse not enough coffee in the veins :(. you are correct -- Tonight's special, blackened leftovers -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Agetty
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:59, Daniel Faulknor wrote: On 10/24/05, Glenn Enright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:27, Daniel Faulknor wrote: Hi everyone After my kernel loads i get the message INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: Id c2 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel Then the computer just stops - HELP! Thanks Daniel Faulknor -- I emerged it but it didnt help - i just restarted the computer and it didnt work - i hadnt done anything to it. It used to work A post on the gentoo forums mentions that having the user option on your /boot and / partitions may break the boot cycle. could you try removing that if its there? Otherwise mabee post /etc/fstab here? The link to the forums is http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-204427-highlight-agetty.html -- I've coined new words, like misunderstanding and Hispanically. George W. Bush March 29, 2001 From speech given at the Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner in Washington, D.C. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Agetty
I gave up so i just reinstalled - im not back up and running with Gentoo, thanks to everyone for your suggestions. Daniel Faulknor On 10/25/05, Daniel Faulknor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/24/05, Glenn Enright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:27, Daniel Faulknor wrote: Hi everyone After my kernel loads i get the message INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: Id c2 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutesINIT: no more processes left in this runlevel Then the computer just stops - HELP! Thanks Daniel Faulknor -- www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com http://www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com you are missing the agetty application that is described in your /etc/inittab file. agetty belongs to sys-apps/util-linux, which you could reemerge byusing your livecd and doing the chroot thing like when you installed. either that or you are playing with a new kernel, and forgot to compile support for the filesystem which /sbin is on.Consider that init calls inittab as soon as the kernel is up, so if it stops,you will probably only see a few lines from the kernel on screen and not much else... is this what you are experiencing? --furbling, v.: Having to wander through a maze of ropes at an airport or bank even when you are the only person in line. -- Rich Hall, Sniglets -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing listI emerged it but it didnt help - i just restarted the computer and it didnt work - i hadnt done anything to it. It used to work -- www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com -- www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Agetty
oh blast - i was mounting it with user and now ive reformatted! never mind and thanks On 10/25/05, Glenn Enright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:59, Daniel Faulknor wrote: On 10/24/05, Glenn Enright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:27, Daniel Faulknor wrote: Hi everyone After my kernel loads i get the message INIT: cannot execute /sbin/agetty INIT: Id c2 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel Then the computer just stops - HELP! Thanks Daniel Faulknor -- I emerged it but it didnt help - i just restarted the computer and it didnt work - i hadnt done anything to it. It used to work A post on the gentoo forums mentions that having the user option on your /bootand / partitions may break the boot cycle. could you try removing that if itsthere? Otherwise mabee post /etc/fstab here? The link to the forums is http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-204427-highlight-agetty.html--I've coined new words, like misunderstanding and Hispanically. George W. BushMarch 29, 2001From speech given at the Radio and Television Correspondents Associationdinner in Washington, D.C.--gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list-- www.nzguydaniel.blogspot.com
