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On Sunday 15 May 2011 16:39:19 Dale wrote: |
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> Mick wrote: |
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> > On Sunday 15 May 2011 11:34:07 Dale wrote: |
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> >> Hi, |
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> >> |
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> >> I updated my kernel and had to reboot. I usually boot to single user |
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> >> mode and rebuild my video drivers. Since I have this in my grub list, I |
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> >> just select single user and it boots to single user mode. Well, not any |
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> >> more. This is my current settings: |
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> >> |
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> >> title Gentoo |
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> >> kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage-2.6.38-r5-1 root=/dev/sda3 |
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> >> |
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> >> title Gentoo boot level |
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> >> kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage-2.6.38-r5-1 root=/dev/sda3 softlevel=boot |
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> >> |
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> >> title Gentoo single user |
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> >> kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage-2.6.38-r5-1 root=/dev/sda3 softlevel=single |
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> >> root@fireball / # |
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> >> I went back and looked at the guide but no mention of this. I don't see |
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> >> anything in the man pages either. What is the correct way to define a |
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> >> runlevel to boot to in grub with the new openrc? |
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> >> |
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> >> Thanks. |
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> >> |
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> >> Dale |
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> >> |
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> >> :-) :-) |
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> > |
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> > According to my /etc/inittab: |
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> > |
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> > # new-style single-user |
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> > su0:S:wait:/sbin/rc single |
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> > su1:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin |
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> > |
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> > so softlevel=single should get you there. However, you say it doesn't |
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> > ... |
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> > |
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> > # rc-update show single |
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> > # |
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> > |
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> > Hmm ... nothing there. Sure enough its empty: |
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> > |
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> > $ ls -la /etc/runlevels/single/ |
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> > total 8 |
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> > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 21 2010 . |
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> > drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 May 2 10:54 .. |
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> > |
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> > So, what you would need to do I think is add the services you want |
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> > starting at single runlevel there and you should be good to go. |
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> There never has been anything in my single user runlevel. It worked |
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> fine a few weeks ago but after the openrc upgrade, no more worky. |
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> The funny thing is, I can go to a console and type in rc single, that |
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> works fine. It goes to single user mode with no errors. Well, I did |
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> notice top showed the ttys still running. I'm going to test that |
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> later. That may be another thread for another day. Sort of beating on |
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> one thing at a time. ;-) |
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> I just thought maybe it changed from softlevel to something else but if |
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> it did, I can't find it documented anywhere and even Google appears to |
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> be lost on this. |
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> Open to ideas still. |
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The so called 'single' softlevel is a Gentoo fix for user specified runlevels |
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with their own selected services. I don't have a pre-OpenRC box to check that |
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it linked to, but I seem to remember that it went to runlevel 3 and adjusted |
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services from there. |
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The standard Linux runlevel called also single (confusing isn't it) stops |
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before runlevel 3 and asks for a root passwd (or Control+D to continue). It |
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can be called by appending 1 or S to the boot line. |
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If you don't want to have to login with a password then I think you need to |
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append 'init=/bin/bash' and mount as rw what fs you need to work on. You'll |
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have to sync and umount before you reboot to be safe. |
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Could also work with 'init=/bin/bb' for busybox - but I'm not sure. |
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HTH. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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