AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-09-18 Thread thah...@t-online.de
is problem. Sigh, Thomas -Original-Nachricht- Betreff: Re: AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process Datum: 2023-08-30T12:00:56+0200 Von: "Michel Verdier" An: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" On 2023-08-30, thah...@t-online.de wrote: > The last USB d

Re: AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-30 Thread Michel Verdier
On 2023-08-30, thah...@t-online.de wrote: > The last USB device in this list is a bluetooth card. I have blacklisted > btusb, > but this didn't help, still hangs. > At 182 seconds I pressed CRTL_ALT_DEL and the times without sleep statements > come down to like 11 seconds when it hangs. You sh

AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-29 Thread thah...@t-online.de
wn to like 11 seconds when it hangs. -Original-Nachricht- Betreff: Re: AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process Datum: 2023-08-28T11:42:19+0200 Von: "Michel Verdier" An: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" On 2023-08-28, thah...@t-online.de wrote: > It hangs i

Re: AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-28 Thread Michel Verdier
On 2023-08-28, thah...@t-online.de wrote: > It hangs in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/udev > > The 2nd last udev call hangs my box > udevadm trigger --type=devices --action=add Perhaps add before udevadm trigger --verbose --dry-run --type=devices --action=add

Re: AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-27 Thread Max Nikulin
On 28/08/2023 05:19, thah...@t-online.de wrote: It hangs in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/udev Unsure if it is related or not (I have not tried to debug it), but I have noticed some issues with laptop boot when a USB hub with a keyboard and a mouse is connected. It might be an u

AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-27 Thread thah...@t-online.de
The udev script is from the udev package -Original-Nachricht- Betreff: AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process Datum: 2023-08-28T00:20:33+0200 Von: "thah...@t-online.de" An: "debian user" It hangs in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/ude

AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-27 Thread thah...@t-online.de
ted root. Sigh! -Original-Nachricht- Betreff: Re: AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process Datum: 2023-08-26T13:45:19+0200 Von: "Michel Verdier" An: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" On 2023-08-26, thah...@t-online.de wrote: > Tried with clocksourche

Re: AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-26 Thread Michel Verdier
On 2023-08-26, thah...@t-online.de wrote: > Tried with clocksourche=hpet > Now the Switched to clocksouce tsc is missing and the last line is > clocksource: tsc: mask . > like before the 2nd last line (as to be expected) On my kernel I always have those 3 lines during boot : clocksource: tsc

AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-26 Thread thah...@t-online.de
-Nachricht- Betreff: Re: AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process Datum: 2023-08-26T12:04:46+0200 Von: "Tixy" An: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" On Sat, 2023-08-26 at 11:07 +0200, thah...@t-online.de wrote: > I had debug on the command line before, just

Re: AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-26 Thread Tixy
On Sat, 2023-08-26 at 11:07 +0200, thah...@t-online.de wrote: > I had debug on the command line before, just didn't know of debug=vc > However the output on the screen is the same with either one. > > Last line is clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc I notice two 1 second delays during boot o

AW: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-26 Thread thah...@t-online.de
with debug prints just to find where it is stuck uaaah! -Original-Nachricht- Betreff: Re: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process Datum: 2023-08-26T10:20:54+0200 Von: "Michel Verdier" An: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" On 2023-08-26, Tixy wrote: >&

Re: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-26 Thread Michel Verdier
On 2023-08-26, Tixy wrote: >> I thought of that, too, but debug writes to a tmpfs (it has to, at this >> point). If the machine locks up, the log is lost... > > Logs will appear on the screen so long as you don't have the 'quiet' > parameter on the Linux commandline. I think it always writes to t

Re: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-25 Thread Tixy
On Sat, 2023-08-26 at 07:59 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 07:40:21AM +0200, Michel Verdier wrote: [...] > > > > Did you try with "debug" on the linux command line to get more logs > > ? > > I thought of that, too, but debug writes to a tmpfs (it has to, at this > point)

Re: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-25 Thread tomas
On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 07:40:21AM +0200, Michel Verdier wrote: > On 2023-08-25, thah...@t-online.de wrote: > > > Looking at the initramfs manpages i found that I can get into the busybox > > during > > the boot process with break=... on the linux command line. >

Re: Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-25 Thread Michel Verdier
On 2023-08-25, thah...@t-online.de wrote: > Looking at the initramfs manpages i found that I can get into the busybox > during > the boot process with break=... on the linux command line. > break=top > works, but > break=modules > is not reached. It hangs before that. Di

Debugging initramfs, server hangs during boot process

2023-08-25 Thread thah...@t-online.de
Hi all, being on sid, I know that there can be problems. However, this seems to be a bit hard for me to solve without proper help. The machine hangs during boot. Looking at the initramfs manpages i found that I can get into the busybox during the boot process with break=... on the linux command

Re: which references (books, web pages, faqs, videos, ...) would you recommend to someone learning about the Linux boot process as thoroughly as possible?

2022-04-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, sonbird wrote: > i was just going to suggest that he clone your brain. :) If brain cloning is a viable option then i propose those of Vladimir Serbinenko and Daniel Kiper because of their experience as maintainers of GRUB. Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: which references (books, web pages, faqs, videos, ...) would you recommend to someone learning about the Linux boot process as thoroughly as possible?

2022-04-03 Thread Albretch Mueller
gt;live-boot *does* have these options. I've not used those in a while. >'man 7 live-boot' mentions 'toram' and 'fromiso/findiso'. >> I will need to log the boot process to study it. >Perhaps you need 'debug', 'nosplash', and si

Re: which references (books, web pages, faqs, videos, ...) would you recommend to someone learning about the Linux boot process as thoroughly as possible?

2022-04-02 Thread songbird
Thomas Schmitt wrote: ... > If i wanted to expand my knowledge towards x86-related firmware, > bootloaders, and the Linux kernel i would probably begin at > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS > https://uefi.org/specifications > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/tree/ > https://www.

Re: which references (books, web pages, faqs, videos, ...) would you recommend to someone learning about the Linux boot process as thoroughly as possible?

2022-04-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Albretch Mueller wrote: > imagine you had to code a new bootloader now (as an exercise) in > hindsight which books would you have picked? I only know about the small bridges between computer firmware and the first custom program to be started, which usually is a bootloader. https://dev.lov

Re: which references (books, web pages, faqs, videos, ...) would you recommend to someone learning about the Linux boot process as thoroughly as possible?

2022-04-02 Thread Linux-Fan
` images to add DOS and other small systems. [...] I have been always intrigued about such matters and such differences, between what I see as supposedly being standardized, like a boot process. Compare the boot process between amd64 and armhf to find out that there are quite the

which references (books, web pages, faqs, videos, ...) would you recommend to someone learning about the Linux boot process as thoroughly as possible?

2022-04-02 Thread Albretch Mueller
computer, in order to liberate your DVD player after booting), ..., which DL doesn’t have. I know some RS232/USB converters are not reliable. Which ones do you use? As far as I know laptops don’t come with RS232 anymore. I will need to log the boot process to study it. I have been always intrigued

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:51:53 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: Hello Andrei, >A standard[1] Debian install "requires[2] networking only for >(security) updates. Thanks for the info, Andrei. A classic case of "a little knowledge" My little knowledge, of course. -- Regards _ / )

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 23 mar 20, 10:47:14, Brad Rogers wrote: > > TBH, I wasn't sure. Certain things require networking availability, so > that got me thinking. Anyhow, that turned out to be a blind alley. A standard[1] Debian install "requires[2] networking only for (security) updates. [1] i.e. something

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:26:05 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: Hello Andrei, >In the default install the display manager does not wait for networking >(why should it?), your problem is most likely elsewhere. TBH, I wasn't sure. Certain things require networking availability, so that got me thinking

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 22 mar 20, 14:43:37, Brad Rogers wrote: > Hello, > > For the first time, I'm having problems installing Debian testing on new > hardware; > > Asus TUF X570 Plus mobo with onboard Realtek network L8200A i/f > > As things stand, it /seems/ that the boot process

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:10:48 +0100 Bernd Gruber wrote: Hello Bernd, >Brad Rogers wrote: > >> Failed to start NVIDIA Persistence Daemon >have you looked this up, I find it several times on ddg. Briefly, but didn't pursue it, before I took myself down a blind alley. I've not got time to look

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Bernd Gruber
Brad Rogers wrote: > Failed to start NVIDIA Persistence Daemon have you looked this up, I find it several times on ddg. what does dmesg say? Can you install systemd-bootchart and have a look at the bootchart (probably on another machine)? Bernd

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 14:00:49 -0400 Marc Auslander wrote: Hello Marc, >Could it be https://wiki.debian.org/BoottimeEntropyStarvation I thought that had been resolved some while ago. However, no amount of random keypressing resulted in progress. Thanks for the suggestion. -- Regards _

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Marc Auslander
On 3/22/2020 10:50 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: Hello, For the first time, I'm having problems installing Debian testing on new hardware; Asus TUF X570 Plus mobo with onboard Realtek network L8200A i/f As things stand, it /seems/ that the boot process is waiting for the network interface to co

[Solved] Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 17:43:56 + Daniel Harris wrote: Hello Daniel, >are you using dhcp or static ip addresses I never entered addresses for IP during installation, so dhcp I suspect. >what is in /etc/resolv.conf search home nameserver 192.168.1.1 nameserver 2001:8b0::2020 nameserver 2001:8

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Daniel Harris
So you say you can ping your local lan. That indicated your networking is working. are you using dhcp or static ip addresses what is in /etc/resolv.conf On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 5:16 PM Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:02:07 -0400 > Felix Miata wrote: > > Hello Felix, > > >Just a

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:02:07 -0400 Felix Miata wrote: Hello Felix, >Just a thought: try another net install, this time configuring a static >IP via installation cmdline options. Two options already - yours and Daniel's. That's what's so good about this list. Thanks Felix. I know re-installin

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Felix Miata
Brad Rogers composed on 2020-03-22 14:43 (UTC): > The OS was installed using a net-install CD, so clearly, the network > card is working. Having never previously encountered network i/f issues > myself, I'm really rather at a loss as to how I should proceed. Just a thought: try another net insta

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 16:07:42 + Daniel Harris wrote: Hello Daniel, >One thing, but if your networking was working during the install why did >you install firmware-realtek. I would try removing that. Linux keeps Because networking was failing after the install in any case, and there was men

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Daniel Harris
l keep it in mind, but a previous attempt at installing stable > wouldn't give a graphical login - I found that my nVidia gfx card isn't > supported by stable's nvidia drivers. To be fair, I didn't see any > network issues, but that might have been because I got dro

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Brad Rogers
talling stable wouldn't give a graphical login - I found that my nVidia gfx card isn't supported by stable's nvidia drivers. To be fair, I didn't see any network issues, but that might have been because I got dropped to a tty before the boot process got that far. I didn't test

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Daniel Harris
the first time, I'm having problems installing Debian testing on new > hardware; > > Asus TUF X570 Plus mobo with onboard Realtek network L8200A i/f > > As things stand, it /seems/ that the boot process is waiting for the > network interface to come up, before proceeding to

Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Brad Rogers
Hello, For the first time, I'm having problems installing Debian testing on new hardware; Asus TUF X570 Plus mobo with onboard Realtek network L8200A i/f As things stand, it /seems/ that the boot process is waiting for the network interface to come up, before proceeding to start the SDDM l

unwanted change to lower desktop resolution during tty1 virtual console boot process

2018-11-17 Thread Patrick Schleizer
t and keymap". Right before the virtual console (tty1) appears, the resolution is reset to a lower 800x600. The window size decreased. My questions: 1) What changes the tty screen resolution later in the boot process? console-setup.service? 2) How to prevent the screen resolution from being

Re: Boot process related logs. What? Where?

2018-06-04 Thread David Wright
On Mon 04 Jun 2018 at 04:21:20 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > My explicit question is: >Does an annotated list of boot process related log files and >their locations exist? Not AFAICT. But it's never to late to start writing a wiki. > I did a reasonably typical inst

Re: Boot process related logs. What? Where?

2018-06-04 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: > My explicit question is: > Does an annotated list of boot process related log files and > their locations exist? /var/log/installer ? > I did a reasonably typical install from DVD-1 of Debian 9.1.0 . > It is at least partly functional - I can

Boot process related logs. What? Where?

2018-06-04 Thread Richard Owlett
My explicit question is: Does an annotated list of boot process related log files and their locations exist? I did a reasonably typical install from DVD-1 of Debian 9.1.0 . It is at least partly functional - I can log in as root. The only error message during boot was that it could not

Re: Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen (me too!)

2016-11-03 Thread Mike Conde
> Sorry to see that you're having this problem. I'm stymied as to why it might > happen with a VM. I had assumed that the new kernel had stopped supporting > some piece of hardware in my rather unusual little notebook computer. > The same day the kernel was updated on my system, pc-grub was also

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen (me too!)

2016-11-03 Thread Jape Person
On 11/03/2016 03:26 PM, Mike Conde wrote: Have you checked your boot partition - does it have enough free space? I don't have a separate boot partition, just one main partition that is 40GB in capacity and 40% full. Sorry to see that you're having this problem. I'm stymied as to why it might

Re: Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen (me too!)

2016-11-03 Thread Mike Conde
> Have you checked your boot partition - does it have enough free space? I don't have a separate boot partition, just one main partition that is 40GB in capacity and 40% full.

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen (me too!)

2016-11-03 Thread deloptes
Mike Conde wrote: > I am having exactly the same problem as Jape Person's post from Oct 22 > 2016, except my hardware environment is completely different. > > I am running Debian testing/Stretch 64-bit on a virtual machine under > virtualbox. The host OS is Windows 7 64-bit. > > I don't know ex

Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen (me too!)

2016-11-02 Thread Mike Conde
I am having exactly the same problem as Jape Person's post from Oct 22 2016, except my hardware environment is completely different. I am running Debian testing/Stretch 64-bit on a virtual machine under virtualbox. The host OS is Windows 7 64-bit. I don't know exactly which kernel update was the

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread Jape Person
On 10/23/2016 05:26 PM, Frank wrote: Op 23-10-16 om 22:47 schreef Felix Miata: I don't remember having any Stretch installations with fewer than two installed kernels. The currently booted one, originally installed 51 weeks ago, has 6 installed. I've yet to discover any doc suggesting anything a

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread Frank
Op 23-10-16 om 22:47 schreef Felix Miata: I don't remember having any Stretch installations with fewer than two installed kernels. The currently booted one, originally installed 51 weeks ago, has 6 installed. I've yet to discover any doc suggesting anything about any possibility of automatic remo

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread Jape Person
On 10/23/2016 04:47 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Jape Person composed on 2016-10-23 14:33 (UTC-0400): Felix Miata wrote: Does the same thing happen booting the previous kernel (4.6?)? Nope. The problem occurred on the first reboot after the upgrade from 4.7.6-1 to 4.7.8-1. The upgrade process d

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread Felix Miata
Jape Person composed on 2016-10-23 14:33 (UTC-0400): Felix Miata wrote: Does the same thing happen booting the previous kernel (4.6?)? Nope. The problem occurred on the first reboot after the upgrade from 4.7.6-1 to 4.7.8-1. The upgrade process didn't leave 4.7.6-1 in place so I could fall

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread Jape Person
her of you tried intercepting Grub and unquieting the boot process? Remove quiet, and either change splash to splash=0 or remove splash entirely. Then proceed to boot, and see what if anything shows up on screen besides a blinking underline cursor in the upper left corner. Yes, both of us have tr

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread Jape Person
On 10/23/2016 01:21 PM, Børge Holen wrote: I have to use the nomodeset from time to time where the f*** gfx card has unresolved issues with itself. Atleast it lets me boot to a prompt. Now thinking of it, I have no blinking cursor, I just get a black screen... So different issue all together and

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread Jape Person
On 10/23/2016 01:03 PM, Michael Lange wrote: On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:14:39 -0400 "James P. Wallen" wrote: Double checked to see if I was right about the video subsystem. It is not ATI, it is Intel integrated. No docs on this thing. It was never officially sold in U.S., where I live currently. S

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread Felix Miata
the boot process? Remove quiet, and either change splash to splash=0 or remove splash entirely. Then proceed to boot, and see what if anything shows up on screen besides a blinking underline cursor in the upper left corner. Does the same thing happen booting the previous kernel (4.6?)? Hav

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread Børge Holen
Heck I even remember a one-floppy live distribution that I had for just this purpose. On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Børge Holen wrote: > Have you tried booting off a live distribution and inserted the old kernel > and symlinked the libraries so you can rerun grub update? I remember we had > t

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread Børge Holen
Have you tried booting off a live distribution and inserted the old kernel and symlinked the libraries so you can rerun grub update? I remember we had to do that with lilo whenever I tried new kernels and forgot all about lilo. Cannot even remember the last time I did it, since I found the rescue o

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread Børge Holen
I have to use the nomodeset from time to time where the f*** gfx card has unresolved issues with itself. Atleast it lets me boot to a prompt. Now thinking of it, I have no blinking cursor, I just get a black screen... So different issue all together and I am just rambling on On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 a

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread Michael Lange
On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:14:39 -0400 "James P. Wallen" wrote: > Double checked to see if I was right about the video subsystem. > It is not ATI, it is Intel integrated. No docs on this thing. It > was never officially sold in U.S., where I live currently. Since > I can't boot it to usable state,

Re: Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-23 Thread James P. Wallen
er left corner. I suspect that the boot process stops immediately after grub. I cannot connect via ssh or even ping the system. Using Ctrl-Alt-Del has no effect, but touching the start-stop switch elicits a beep and immediate power-down. The same results are obtained if I use the grub menu to sele

Stretch System Stops Boot Process Immediately After Grub Screen

2016-10-22 Thread Jape Person
inux-image-4.7.0-1-686-pae (4.7.8-1) and grub-pc (2.02-beta3-1). Upon reboot the system stops with a blinking underline cursor in the upper left corner. I suspect that the boot process stops immediately after grub. I cannot connect via ssh or even ping the system. Using Ctrl-Alt-Del has no e

Re: Boot process freezes dead after kernel update

2015-10-10 Thread Piyavkin
Update: I've reported the bug here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=801467 #801467 See also discussion there (similar case and possible solutions): https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/10/msg00175.html Best regards, Dmitry Piyavkin

Boot process freezes dead after kernel update

2015-10-09 Thread Piyavkin
.2.0-4-686-pae:i386 3.2.68-1+deb7u4 3.2.71-2 linux-headers-3.2.0-4-486:i386 3.2.68-1+deb7u4 3.2.71-2 linux-headers-3.2.0-4-common:i386 3.2.68-1+deb7u4 3.2.71-2 linux-libc-dev:i386 3.2.68-1+deb7u4 3.2.71-2 On the other day I wasn't able to boot up my system, because it freezes dead at boot proc

Re: power on the numlock key automatically during the boot process.

2013-08-06 Thread Mark Einon
On 6 August 2013 12:05, atar wrote: > Hi there!! > > Can someone here help me please to know how to power on the numlock key > automatically during the boot process? > > Thanks in advance!! Hi Atar, In the past, I've enabled num lock / caps lock on boot from my BIOS setti

Re: power on the numlock key automatically during the boot process.

2013-08-06 Thread Teemu Likonen
atar [2013-08-06 14:05:54 +03:00] wrote: > Can someone here help me please to know how to power on the numlock > key automatically during the boot process? Usually people install "numlockx" package which it does the job automatically. Also desktop environments may have an opt

power on the numlock key automatically during the boot process.

2013-08-06 Thread atar
Hi there!! Can someone here help me please to know how to power on the numlock key automatically during the boot process? Thanks in advance!! atar. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

proper procedure for bug report against Debian Wheezy boot process

2011-10-11 Thread Larry Vaden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Debian Folks, We loaded Debian Wheezy on a machine a few hours ago and on two occasions out of five the boot process has ended abnormally. The first lines on the KVMoIP display are: Loading, please wait... Volume group "bigd-mach01

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2011-01-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 01. 01. 2011 12:36:14 je Lisi napisal(a): On Sunday 19 December 2010 23:18:19 Bob Proulx wrote: > I wouldn't transition to > single user mode from multiuser mode directly myself. I have never had any problems with init 1, wherever I used it from, other than that KDE doesn't shut down very

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2011-01-01 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 19 December 2010 23:18:19 Bob Proulx wrote: > I wouldn't transition to > single user mode from multiuser mode directly myself. I have never had any problems with init 1, wherever I used it from, other than that KDE doesn't shut down very cleanly in the sense that it does not save every

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-19 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 12/19/2010 06:02 PM, Lisi wrote: > So - Oh my friends be warned by me! init 1 is fine. init s is not. Paul > has > given a very clear exposition of the facts either above of below, depending > on how you thread your emails. I guess ( after reading Bob's reply) I forgot to mention, NORMALL

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Lisi wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > probably about to tell me that it would. ;-) > > Yes. I am going to say, "It should work." :-) > > My curtiosity being even more 'satiable than the elephant's child, I tried. > > The short answer is it doesn't work. Note that I didn't say that it /did/ w

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-19 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 19 December 2010 19:09:46 Bob Proulx wrote: >  I don't think that "init s" would work - but you are > > > probably about to tell me that it would. ;-) > > Yes.  I am going to say, "It should work."  :-) My curtiosity being even more 'satiable than the elephant's child, I tried. The sho

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-19 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 12/19/2010 02:09 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: >> tty) I use "init 1". I don't think that "init s" would work - but you are >> > probably about to tell me that it would. ;-) > Yes. I am going to say, "It should work." :-) > > Personally I wouldn't move from multiuser to single user directly. I > w

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Lisi wrote: > If I want to boot into single user from a cold start, I do it via GRUB. But > if I am in a GUI and I want to actually change (rather than just bring up a > tty) I use "init 1". I don't think that "init s" would work - but you are > probably about to tell me that it would. ;-) Ye

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-19 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 19 December 2010 18:46:18 Bob Proulx wrote: > Runlevel 1 is almost universially used to implement single user mode. > When you ask why not use 1 instead of "single" the answer is that > there isn't any reason.  I just think it more clear to ask for single > user mode directly and not jump

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
nfo for talking about runlevels. Make sure you look at the Unix System V table because that is the grandfather of all of the present systems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runlevel Bob P.S. The confusion that results from people looking today (as opposed to twenty years ago) at runlevels is

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-19 Thread Lisi
and I lose the keyboard again... do you know of a > > > way of changing the runlevel to just console (no X) or aborting X > > > startup during Linux boot process (some key combination or anything). > > > > I searched it and turned up to be pretty simple. > >

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-17 Thread Juan Ignacio Gaudio
t before X crashes and I lose the keyboard again... do you know of a > > way of changing the runlevel to just console (no X) or aborting X > > startup during Linux boot process (some key combination or anything). > > > > I'm running Debian Lenny. > > In addition

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-17 Thread Camaleón
store the > previous xorg.conf. But as X starts automatically I can't manage to do > that before X crashes and I lose the keyboard again... do you know of a > way of changing the runlevel to just console (no X) or aborting X > startup during Linux boot process (some key combination

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-16 Thread Bob Proulx
the runlevel to just console (no X) or aborting X startup during Linux boot > > process (some key combination or anything). > > I searched it and turned up to be pretty simple. > > It's just needed to append the runlevel number to the kernel line, something > like this e

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-16 Thread Juan Ignacio Gaudio
: *Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:06:31 +0100 > *To: * > *Subject: *Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process > > Hello, > > I broke my X (again) trying to install a graphics device driver on my > Vostro 1000, so now I don't have video and the keyboard does not respond. >

Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-16 Thread teddieeb
audio Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:06:31 To: Subject: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process Hello, I broke my X (again) trying to install a graphics device driver on my Vostro 1000, so now I don't have video and the keyboard does not respond. I just need to be able to c

Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process

2010-12-16 Thread Juan Ignacio Gaudio
to do that before X crashes and I lose the keyboard again... do you know of a way of changing the runlevel to just console (no X) or aborting X startup during Linux boot process (some key combination or anything). I'm running Debian Lenny. Thanks!

mounts via init.d early in the boot process

2010-01-18 Thread Micha Feigin
I have a system where I use a readonly nfs root with a local hard drive and I need to have some local settings for each computer (mainly /etc/hosts, ip address for network devices, hostname and nfs server settings). I do that by mounting the local disk on /local and then overiding some settings usi

Re: Debian needs ENTER to continue boot process

2009-03-03 Thread thveillon.debian
shimoto wrote: >> Hey there, >> >> Something very weird is happening in my OS. I just compiled the kernel >> 2.6.28.7 and to boot my machine I need to press ENTER many times >> during the boot process. I've never seen anything similar to this issue. >> >> I

Re: Debian needs ENTER to continue boot process

2009-03-03 Thread Rodrigo Hashimoto
in my OS. I just compiled the kernel > 2.6.28.7 and to boot my machine I need to press ENTER many times > during the boot process. I've never seen anything similar to this > issue. > > It's like to run the command: > > # cat /var/log/messages|less > > Then y

Debian needs ENTER to continue boot process

2009-03-02 Thread Rodrigo Hashimoto
Hey there, Something very weird is happening in my OS. I just compiled the kernel 2.6.28.7 and to boot my machine I need to press ENTER many times during the boot process. I've never seen anything similar to this issue. It's like to run the command: # cat /var/log/messages|less Th

Re: boot process hangs on init of mysqld

2007-10-25 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
' when booting using > > Lilo? > > > > I *think* you can just add kernel commands after specifying the > image. So if the image you want to but is linked to vmlinuz then you > could type > > vmlinuz init=1 > > or > > vmlinuz init=/bin/bash IIRC,

Re: boot process hangs on init of mysqld

2007-10-25 Thread Mumia W..
On 10/25/2007 11:17 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Keith! Unfortunately, this machine uses Lilo instead of Grub. Can something similar be done to enter 'single user mode' when booting using Lilo? -- Mark Please don't top-post. How you get into runlevel 1 (system maintenance) with LI

Re: boot process hangs on init of mysqld

2007-10-25 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 10:17:22AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks Keith! Unfortunately, this machine uses Lilo instead of Grub. Can > something similar be done to enter 'single user mode' when booting using > Lilo? > I *think* you can just add kernel commands after specifying the ima

Re: boot process hangs on init of mysqld

2007-10-25 Thread Keith Christian
Quoting Keith Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > - Original Message > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:17:58 AM > Subject: boot process hangs on init of mysqld >

Re: boot process hangs on init of mysqld

2007-10-25 Thread debian-guy
ot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:17:58 AM Subject: boot process hangs on init of mysqld When my boot process starts mysqld, it hangs. How can I get it unstuck? I cannot ssh into the machine because the boot process hasn't progress

Re: boot process hangs on init of mysqld

2007-10-25 Thread Keith Christian
- Original Message From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:17:58 AM Subject: boot process hangs on init of mysqld When my boot process starts mysqld, it hangs. How can I get it unstuck? I can

boot process hangs on init of mysqld

2007-10-25 Thread debian-guy
When my boot process starts mysqld, it hangs. How can I get it unstuck? I cannot ssh into the machine because the boot process hasn't progressed far enough. So, I cannot edit the init scripts to remove mysqld. Is there some key-stroke sequence I might be able to try to interrupt

Re: (3rd Not solved) how to remove a module in the boot process

2007-05-04 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Serena Cantor wrote: I have never used etch upgrade means learning new things I don't have time and energy I am happy with sarge I hate to say it and I know how you feel, but then Debian is not for you :-( Upgrading Sid this very moment to try a Debian kernel modification... Hugo --- Dougl

Re: Not solved)Re: how to remove a module in the boot process

2007-05-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 04:13:09PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > Oh, I use sarge, which defaults to kernel 2.4 > It seems I can't use initramfs I *think* mkinitrd is what you want but I'm really not sure. try apropos initrd A > > --- Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Serena Cantor([

(3rd Not solved) how to remove a module in the boot process

2007-05-03 Thread Serena Cantor
I have never used etch upgrade means learning new things I don't have time and energy I am happy with sarge --- Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 02:43:09PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > > can't run update-initramfs > > which package contains it? > > I see

Re: Not solved)Re: how to remove a module in the boot process

2007-05-03 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 04:13:09PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > Oh, I use sarge, which defaults to kernel 2.4 > It seems I can't use initramfs If ever you want to upgrade to Etch, the release notes make it pretty clear that you first must upgrade Sarge to a 2.6 kernel. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Not solved)Re: how to remove a module in the boot process

2007-05-03 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 02:43:09PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > can't run update-initramfs > which package contains it? I see that you use Sarge. I don't have a sarge system anymore and the initrd program has changed. Is upgrading to Etch a possibility for this box? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

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