This list is wonderful again!!!
I have the server working gracefully with a run level 4 !
Original inquiry at the end. The server was INIT respawning "too much"
during boot when I tried to implement a run level 4. Thanks to Steve
VanDevener, Donald Rye, Alan Davis, Dr. Thomas Blinn: their responses are
below. Changing all run level entries in the inittab, which were originally
"3" or "23" to "34" or "234" solved the INIT respawning ...which I believe
was a lack of resources as many entries wouldn't invoke during a >>> to
init 4 boot.
Best Regards, Blake
Replys:
Steve VanDevener:
It won't just say "init respawning too often", it'll say "init respawing
'foo' too often". And "foo" will tell you which init job is respawning too
often, so you can fix it. It looks like the "cons" getty job is the only
one shown that is set to respawn, which probably indicates getty can't
attach to the system console.
Alan Davis:
I've never tried to add a runlevel, there is software (like sendmail) that
gets upset if it's not in the runlevel expected.
The typical reason for the respawning too rapidly thing is a /var filesystem
with files in it under the mounted filesystem, an empty /usr or /var, or a
corrupted /usr or /var domain.
There may be something else that is related to runlevel, but it's uncommon
to add custom runlevels, so there's not much info to help diagnose with.
You could instrument your rc4 script and see where it's breaking.
Donald Rye:
I have seen this error when the /usr file system fails to mount.
Dr. Thomas Blinn:
So, look in your active /etc/inittab for things with "respawn". Make sure
that the ONLY lines in there that're respawn-ing are things that aren't
competing for some resource. For instance, if you are starting X on the
graphics console in the usual place (near the end of run level 3), then by
the time you get to run level 4, X owns the console and your "cons" line is
going to restart a getty going into run level 4 that's going to fail because
it can't grab the console. You might need to move the X startup into your
new run level 4.
-----Original Message-----
Hello Tru64ers,
5.1A pk1
I'm trying to make a run level 4 with a /etc/rc4, /etc/rc4.d, and the
following modifications to the inittab:
is:4:initdefault:
#from 3 to 4
s2:234:wait:/sbin/rc2 < /dev/console > /dev/console 2>&1 #added 4
s3:34:wait:/sbin/rc3 < /dev/console > /dev/console 2>&1 #added 4
s4:4:wait:/sbin/rc4 < /dev/console > /dev/console 2>&1 #added line
cons:12345:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty console console vt100 #added 5
Single-user to level 4 works fine, but booting SRM to 4 errors with "INIT
respawning too often". Any ideas?
Best Regards, Blake
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Received on Wed Feb 06 2002 - 16:31:42 NZDT