[vox-tech] Unwanted ReBoot
Jim Angstadt
vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Tue, 3 Jun 2003 18:08:12 -0700 (PDT)
--- Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirac.org> wrote:
> On Tue 03 Jun 03, 1:26 PM, Jim Angstadt
> <jimajima9@yahoo.com> said:
> >
> > --- Rob Rogers <rob@wizardstower.net> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 12:32:57PM -0700,
> > > Angstadt wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- Jim Angstadt <jimajima9@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > --- "Mark K. Kim"
> <markslist@cbreak.org>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Jim Angstadt
> wrote:
<snip>
> > Jim
>
> 1. have you actually looked at your logs yet?
Yes. /var/log/messages has 8 "shutdown:"
messages. 1 is reboot and 7 are halt. This is
in sync with what I've done today, up to the time
I looked.
>
> 2. try sending this guy a private email and ask
> him if he ever found the answer to his problem:
>
http://www.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=b3e6ba6021e8a3f2&rnum=7
msg sent. waiting answer.
>
> 3. see if this helps:
>
>
http://www.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=61912e619f4f06af&rnum=30
There were several ideas here. Alas, none
helped.
Idea 1:
/sbin/reboot
/sbin/halt
/sbin/shutdown
All match the description in your cited msg.
Idea 2:
The halt script seems to end with a command
ending in -p (for powerdown).
(a poster in cited msg did not have a -p. but
when he added one, that was no help.)
Idea 3:
I'm doing shutdown from runlevel 3 not 5.
>
>
> 4. boot into single user mode. run "halt"
> and/or "telinit 0" from the prompt.
I'm still researching how to do this.
>
> 5. become root, then run "halt".
shutdown seems normal. ends with 'System
halted'.
I do a physical power off (holding button for 1-2
seconds) and see more text briefly and then
bootup.
I repeat the above and the system hangs at
"Sending processes the TERM signal...". physical
power off.
[ please note, I'm aware of the 5 second delay
after "Sending...". I've always waited at least
a minute; sometimes as long as 30 minutes. Once
it's past the 5 sec delay, it's fully hung. ]
I repeat the above and system ends with "System
halted". A quick power button press yields a
brief screen of text and then the system is off.
I repeat the above and the system hangs at
"Sending processes the TERM signal...". physical
power off.
I repeat the above and system ends with "System
halted". A quick power button press yields a
brief screen of text and then the system reboots.
[ this is clearly inconsistent, but why? ]
>
> 6. from the default runlevel, type:
>
> telinit 1
>
> then
>
> telinit 0
>
> see if it hangs when you try to go from 5 to
> 1, or if it hangs if you
> try to go from 1 to 0.
telinit 1 shuts down some processes.
the last msg is 'Sending processes the TERM
signal...'.
Then I get a 'sh-2.05b#' prompt and am NOT able
to enter commands.
( This also happened earlier today under a
simular situation. )
I do a physical power off.
telinit 0 by itself leads to a reboot.
>
> 7. what was the last administrative thing you
> did before the problem
> appeared?
That would be the -Fr options for shutdown and
the fsck options mentioned in my initial post.
I realized it should not be relavant here.
This box was purchased in Feb 2003. The RH 8.0
install went smoothly. I did some configuration
for /etc/hosts and related home network stuff.
I tried to get gnome-pilot working, including a
usb change to the kernel. Then the -Fr and fsch
stuff. Later I mounted some NFS trees from
another home box (rh 9.0).
I really have not done much with the box.
My wife uses it for web sites and yahoo email
mainly.
---
Thanks to all who have responded today.
I'll pick up my shield tomorrow for another round
of head-butting.
Jim
>
> pete
>
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