ChadDavis wrote:
> 'dude' ? is that me? I do know what runlevels, sudo and su are. As
< snip >
>>
>> The first thing 'dude' needs to do is figure out what runlevels,
>> single-user mode, and 'sudo' or 'su to root' are!
>>
>> Michael
>>
http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/runlevels.htm.
runlevel 1 is sin
Kees de Koster wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ChadDavis wrote:
>
>> Yo. I'm installing a nvidia driver, and the script says you must
>> turn off the xserver. In order to this, since I didn't know how, I
>> rebooted into runlevel one. Then the script complains about runlevel
>> one
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ChadDavis wrote:
> Yo. I'm installing a nvidia driver, and the script says you must
> turn off the xserver. In order to this, since I didn't know how, I
> rebooted into runlevel one. Then the script complains about runlevel
> one not being enough. Is runlevel on
On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 10:21:29 -0700
ChadDavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yo. I'm installing a nvidia driver, and the script says you must
> turn off the xserver. In order to this, since I didn't know how, I
> rebooted into runlevel one. Then the script complains about runlevel
> one not being
On Thu, 29 May 2003 19:48:32 -0400
Vikki Roemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for your help, everyone.
>
> My mom asked me about the problem, so I explained it in as much detail
> as I could (she's the only person in the family who's not a computer
> person, though), and she's convinced t
Thanks for your help, everyone.
My mom asked me about the problem, so I explained it in as much detail
as I could (she's the only person in the family who's not a computer
person, though), and she's convinced that there's something physically
wrong with the HD (I dunno why, but that's her belie
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 10:43:25PM -0400, Vikki Roemer wrote:
> Pigeon wrote:
> >You can use pwck to verify the integrity of your password files. If
> >they're OK it appears that login depends on libpam-modules, libpam0g
> >and libc6, giving you four things to check / reinstall...
>
> They're ok.
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 10:34:46AM -0400, Vikki Roemer wrote:
>
> Well, I would, but I can't log in. I have it booting up now, I get a
> login prompt, it'll accept my username, but it hangs trying to
> authenticate my password. Do you think this is a problem with login (I
> think that's the p
Vikki Roemer wrote:
Kent West wrote:
Try "apt-get --reinstall install anacron".
Well, I would, but I can't log in. I have it booting up now, I get a
login prompt, it'll accept my username, but it hangs trying to
authenticate my password. Do you think this is a problem with login
(I think
Kent West wrote:
Vikki Roemer wrote:
Did that, got a couple of weird errors, and found out anacron is
what's freezing up the system.
The errors are:
starting blinkenlights: nice: start-stop-daemon: no such file or
directory.
gdnc unable to make connection to 127.0.0.1:538 -- network is
unrea
Vikki Roemer wrote:
< snip re: bootscripts freezing the computer >
BTW, what do I do once I find the problem script? Just remove the
symlink and then use apt to reinstall it after I get the box back up
on its feet? (Hopefully apt and dpkg didn't get fried)
Depends on what the problem scr
Kent West wrote:
Vikki Roemer wrote:
Kent West wrote:
So boot into single-user mode, or start Linux from the lilo prompt
with something like:
boot: linux single init=/bin/bash
or
boot: linux -b
(see man init)
to start a minimalist system (-b = "emergency"), and see if the
machine lasts f
--- Mark Blunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Previously Xucaen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > During the last few weeks, there have been
> > discussions about how to keep X from
> > automatically starting upon booting the
> system.
> > Most replys leaned towards disabling xdm in
> the
> > runlevel d
I find it much easier to mess with the initscript with the
update-rc.d script.
To remove for example xdm from the initscript you enter:
'update-rc.d xdm remove'
If do do that, then xdm wont start from init any more.
I dont know the exact command but you can do it the other way to, that is,
you ca
--- "Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:57:57PM -0800,
> Xucaen wrote:
> >
> > --- "Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:12:56PM -0800,
> > > Xucaen wrote:
> > > > in /etc/rc3.d I canged the symlink of
> S99xdm
> > > from
> > > > ../init.d/xdm to /dev/null
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:57:57PM -0800, Xucaen wrote:
>
> --- "Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:12:56PM -0800,
> > Xucaen wrote:
> > > in /etc/rc3.d I canged the symlink of S99xdm
> > from
> > > ../init.d/xdm to /dev/null
> >
> > Aargh! Don't do that. Just remove the sym
--- "Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:12:56PM -0800,
> Xucaen wrote:
> > in /etc/rc3.d I canged the symlink of S99xdm
> from
> > ../init.d/xdm to /dev/null
>
> Aargh! Don't do that. Just remove the symlink
> S99xdm and XDM will not
> be run at boot for the given runlevel. A
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:12:56PM -0800, Xucaen wrote:
> Hi all!!!
>
> During the last few weeks, there have been
> discussions about how to keep X from
> automatically starting upon booting the system.
> Most replys leaned towards disabling xdm in the
> runlevel directory. This does work. Howeve
To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miquel van Smoorenburg),
# You could have just pasted /usr/share/doc/sysvinit/README.runlevels.gz
# here ..
Does it matter? I was bored, and I think it was helpful. Anyone care to
disagree?
Dave
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David B. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>To quote "M.B.Midden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
># Im looking for some info about runlevels. Is there a howto for it?
>What is
># the best runlevel for a server en when should u switch ( how can you
>switch)
># ( i tried man run
To quote Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 07:37:25PM -0500, David B. Harris wrote:
#
# > /etc/rcS.d/* : General not used manually, it's used to put the
system
# > into single-user mode right after the kernel has been started.
Usually
# > entered by typing "linux single"
On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 07:37:25PM -0500, David B. Harris wrote:
> /etc/rcS.d/* : General not used manually, it's used to put the system
> into single-user mode right after the kernel has been started. Usually
> entered by typing "linux single" at the LILO prompt.
wrong, rcS.d is run once at boot
Hello,
* M.B.Midden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> hi
>
> Im looking for some info about runlevels. Is there a howto for it? What is
> the best runlevel for a server en when should u switch ( how can you switch)
> ( i tried man runlevel ofcourse ) etc
man inittab ?
Bye
--
DEFRESNE Sylvai
To quote "M.B.Midden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
# Im looking for some info about runlevels. Is there a howto for it?
What is
# the best runlevel for a server en when should u switch ( how can you
switch)
# ( i tried man runlevel ofcourse ) etc
I'm sort of bored, so here's a little tutorial ;)
Each run
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Mark wrote:
> 1. Runlevels. ?
> Everywhere I read about runlevels in Debian it says the same...
>
> runlevels 2 through 5 are various multiuser runlevels.
>
> But... which are which ?.
All runlevels are created equal by Debian, until you start fiddling with
th
On 08/06/00 at 14:02 Mark spake the following magic words:
++>Hello All.
++>
++>Sorry to overload this message but I have a few doubts with my (shiny)
new
++>installed Debian (potato).
++>
++>1. Runlevels. ?
++>Everywhere I read about runlevels in Debian it says the same...
++>
++>runle
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote:
> I have two small questions today ;) :
>
> a) where can I find information about what the
>different debian run-levels are used for?
>0 is halt, 6 is reboot, 1 is singleuser, but
>what about the rest? Are there an multiuser with
>X and on
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