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Re: [ecs] Linux RH9 bootup failure Ingo Pakleppa 05 Nov 2003 06:40:07 -0800

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Hi Mark,

First, to boot into text mode, depending on whether you are using LILO
or GRUB, the procedure is slightly different, but the end result should
always be the same: pass the run level 3 on the command line.

If using LILO: when the boot prompt appears (I think it is a : IIRC.
Haven't used LILO in a long time), type "linux 3" and hit enter.

If using GRUB, select the kernel you want to boot as usual, then hit
"e". I think you then have to hit "e" a second time, and can edit the
kernel command line. Add the number 3 to the end of the line. Then hit
Enter, then "b" to boot.

OK, so this will boot RH into text mode without X. I think you will
probably still see the errors. If you can log in, I wouldn't worry too
much about the errors. Could you post your /var/log/dmesg file so I can
see more of the context?

To troubleshoot your X problem, check the files /var/log/XFree86.0.log
and ~/.xsession-errors .

As an unrelated aside, RedHat a few days ago announced that they are
going to discontinue support for RH 9 April 30, and from then on will
only make enterprise software. I'll probably switch to Suse at some
point in the foreseeable future.

Ingo

On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 11:32, Mark Gilmore wrote:
> I could really use some help here:
> For some reason, RH9 now freezes up completing the "console" bootup
> and displaying the GUI blue screen (the hour glass rotates forever).
> I have removed *all* of my changes to /etc/... files (via a Knoppix
> boot)
> to no effect.
> When I boot interactively, I note 2 errors:
> 1) "Starting FreeWnn: Permission denied [FAILED]"
>     I don't know if this error happened before or not.
>     As FreeWnn is the Kana-Kanji translation system(which I have *not*
> modified)
>     it could very well have been happening from day one.
> 2) "Start service local: Bad interpreter: No such file or directory."
>     This looks much more serious.
> Any thoughts on what's going on and/or how I may diagnose this ?
> If not, is it possible to re-install *only* the RH9 sys files
> *without* destroying mine ?
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Mark Gilmore
> http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com
> 
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