[lug] Hanging during initialization...

[celttechie (Brian Jarrett)]

Thanks.  I'll be trying to get past it tonight.  I also saw on another
website that someone suggested typing "linux single" at the lilo prompt.
I've enjoyed doing this debian install because I've learned quite a bit the
last few days!  Luckily I'm doing it on a system that doesn't _have_ to be
operational in any given time.

Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nate Duehr" <nate at natetech.com>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [lug] Hanging during initialization...


> I had some problems a while back with xfs on "potato" also.  You could
> try removing xfs only (it's not required for running X) and see if you
> can get things to come up.
>
> If you remove the xdm package on Debian, you'll not automatically go
> into X and can use "startx" or whatever other method you like of
> starting your X server for testing purposes.  (Debian ties whether or
> not xdm is installed -- or gdm, or kdm, you get the idea -- to whether
> or not to run X by default at startup.  Remove xdm and you'll have
> complete control of the machine while you're troubleshooting.  Then you
> can reinstall it later once everything's working.
>
> If you're planning on using any true-type fonts, you may consider
> replacing xfs with xfs-tt later on also -- some of the TrueType stuff is
> "non-free", meaning that xfs is available as two packages.  One is all
> free software (xfs) one has true-type support compiled in (xfs-tt).
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 09:08:46AM -0600, celttechie (Brian Jarrett)
wrote:
> > A little background:
> > I've been learning a lot the last few days in trying to get XFree86
4.0.2 running on my new Debian 2.2 installation.  This latest problem has me
stumped.
> > The 4.0.2 install asked about running the X font server and I said yes.
I know that it is linked in the rc2.d directory to be loaded on startup.
When my machine goes to init level 2 it tries to load xfs but hangs.  I've
tried CTRL-c and several other combinations but the only thing that seems to
respond is CTRL-ALT-DEL.  I've also found that by hitting CTRL-c _before_
getting to the point of launching xfs, I cause the file system to stay in
read-only mode and can get to a login prompt.  After logging in, though, I
can't modify anything because it's all read-only.
> >
> > Here are my questions:
> > Is there any way to keep the scripts in rc2.d from running?
> > Can I force it into single user mode?  Will that help?
> > Is there a way for me to re-mount the read-only filesystem so I can make
the changes needed?
> >
> > If there is some way to get xfs not to load I think I'd be able to get
into the system fine and have everything else working.  Once I did get past
this block, though, the next question would be "Why did xfs hang?"
> >
> > Any light shed on this problem is appreciated...
> >
> > Brian
>
> --
> Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com>
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