[lug] Unable to cleanly reboot

[Michael Deck]

On Thursday 18 October 2001 03:13 pm, you wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Michael Deck wrote:
> > I can't get to init 1. When in init 2, if I type "init 1" it hangs. I can
> > kill eth0 without apparent problem. When I ctrl-alt-del it says
> > "initlevel 6" and hangs.
>
> Yes OK, but when you say "kill eth0" how exactly are you doing
> this?  Killing it directly by typing say
>
>    ifdown eth0
>
> or maybe
>
>    ifconfig eth0 down
>
> may not be the same as running the
>
>    /etc/rc.d/init.d/networking stop

Yup.  That's it. /etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop. And it says "OK"

>
> script that would be executed when changing run levels using init.  My
> guess is that this script is what is hanging.
>
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)
>
>
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