Aha. That is exactly what I did. In fact, I got the idea from this list last night.. maybe from you! Thanks -chris
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Christian Pernegger wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Krzys Majewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 2:10 PM > > To: Debian user list (undigested) > > Subject: Help!! "No more processes left in runlevel" > > > > > > Shit shit shit I've broken my machine again. > > Won't halt, won't boot. When booting it claims it's going into > > runlevel 3 but none of the rc3.d scripts are run, and it > > won't let me login (except as root), saying "system bootup in > > progress". If I try to change runlevel it sends TERM, sends > > KILL, and then says "no processes left in runlevel", and > > hangs. > > I had exactly this behavior yesterday, although probably not for > the same reason. > > I had uncommented the "echo" entry at the beginning of > /etc/init.d/rc, because I thought that would additionally print the > executed commands. However this switches rc to "only print" while > init itself sends real TERMs and KILLs. > > So I ended up with "no processes left in runlevel" (and a crash) > > :( > > But I can't imagine what would change this entry if you didn't... > > Christian >