fei huang wrote: > This issue was found when I started to use gentoo again after around > three months. I remember that I updated some packages including the > portage... the system suspends with " *no more* processes *left in > this runlevel* > <http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.debian.org%2Fdebian-user-catalan%2F2005%2F12%2Fmsg00168.html&ei=JRVvRIugEY78oQKRuZT3Bg&sig2=JMh6dJZsXqlJFzbvo8gPug>" > message. I have solved this problem by removing all files under /etc/ > within the package "baselayout", and re-emerge it. but I got another > problem that all applications failed to run and complained " error > while loading shared libraries: lib stdc++.so.5: cannot load shared > object file: No such file or directory", I had no idea and re-emerge > gcc together with some other updates, I could not reboot again!!!.. > It makes me crazy. any ideas about this problem... mm > > thanks a lot. > daniel
I ran into that a good while back. What I had was a blank inittab file in /etc. This is what should be in there: > # > # /etc/inittab: This file describes how the INIT process should set up > # the system in a certain run-level. > # > # Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > # Modified by: Patrick J. Volkerding, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > # Modified by: Daniel Robbins, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > # Modified by: Martin Schlemmer, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > # > # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/sysvinit/files/inittab,v > 1.5 2005/12/22 02:03:23 vapier Exp $ > > # Default runlevel. > id:3:initdefault: > > # System initialization, mount local filesystems, etc. > si::sysinit:/sbin/rc sysinit > > # Further system initialization, brings up the boot runlevel. > rc::bootwait:/sbin/rc boot > > l0:0:wait:/sbin/rc shutdown > l1:S1:wait:/sbin/rc single > l2:2:wait:/sbin/rc nonetwork > l3:3:wait:/sbin/rc default > l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc default > l5:5:wait:/sbin/rc default > l6:6:wait:/sbin/rc reboot > #z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin > > # TERMINALS > c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux > c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux > c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux > c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux > c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux > c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux > > # SERIAL CONSOLES > #s0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS0 vt100 > #s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS1 vt100 > > # What to do at the "Three Finger Salute". > ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r now > > # Used by /etc/init.d/xdm to control DM startup. > # Read the comments in /etc/init.d/xdm for more > # info. Do NOT remove, as this will start nothing > # extra at boot if /etc/init.d/xdm is not added > # to the "default" runlevel. > x:a:once:/etc/X11/startDM.sh > I was lucky, I make a back-up of my /etc directory every once in a while. I just copied it back over. I had to boot from the CD and mount the root partition to do that though. Hope that helps. Dale :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
