Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-03-07 Thread Michael
On Saturday, 7 March 2020 00:57:37 GMT Colleen Beamer wrote: > On 2020-02-15 8:48 a.m., Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2020, at 15:03, Colleen Beamer wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> There seems to be a problem with loading MySQL. During the boot process > >> when it comes to the loading

Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-03-06 Thread Colleen Beamer
On 2020-02-15 8:48 a.m., Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: On Fri, Feb 14, 2020, at 15:03, Colleen Beamer wrote: Hi, There seems to be a problem with loading MySQL. During the boot process when it comes to the loading of MySQL it hangs. Is there a way to bypass the loading of MySQL so the computer

Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-02-23 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:14:04 GMT Jack wrote: > On 2020.02.22 04:14, Roger J. H. Welsh wrote: > [snip ] > > > On another note, I don't see the "keymaps" rc-service when I use > > rc-status. Is there any chance it is loaded before the other > > services? Or alternatively, is there any

Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-02-22 Thread Jack
On 2020.02.22 04:14, Roger J. H. Welsh wrote: [snip ] On another note, I don't see the "keymaps" rc-service when I use rc-status. Is there any chance it is loaded before the other services? Or alternatively, is there any way to set it as the first service that starts? Does anyone

Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-02-22 Thread Roger J. H. Welsh
MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Dr Rainer, Dr Rainer Woitok writes: > So instead of pressing the "1" key umpteen times (plus one time > too oft- > en, ARGH :-) it's probably really easier to boot from a live CD. I certainly agree with you on this, I was really just

Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-02-19 Thread Dr Rainer Woitok
Roger, On Wednesday, 2020-02-19 09:51:20 +1300, you wrote: > ... > rc_interactive means I can press "I" or "i" during boot and > INTERRUPT > the boot process; *otherwise* it will boot as per normal. > > Is that not the behaviour you are seeking? Speaking not for the original poster but only

Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-02-18 Thread Jack
On 2020.02.18 15:51, Roger J. H. Welsh wrote: Hi Jack, I just looked at the comments in my /etc/rc.conf. `less /etc/rc.conf` Jack writes: I'm not the OP, but I recently had a similar situation - total freeze early during the boot process. What I wanted was a way to get that

Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-02-18 Thread Roger J. H. Welsh
MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Hi Jack, I just looked at the comments in my /etc/rc.conf. `less /etc/rc.conf` Jack writes: > I'm not the OP, but I recently had a similar situation - total > freeze > early during the boot process. What I wanted was a way to get >

Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-02-18 Thread Jack
On 2020.02.15 14:16, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Friday, 14 February 2020 20:03:00 GMT Colleen Beamer wrote: I have an older computer with Gentoo on it. I haven't updated it in quite a while because it necessitates a full reinstall and up until recently, I haven't had the time to devote to

Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-02-15 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 14 February 2020 20:03:00 GMT Colleen Beamer wrote: > I have an older computer with Gentoo on it. I haven't updated it in > quite a while because it necessitates a full reinstall and up until > recently, I haven't had the time to devote to this. It is mostly > backuped up on an

Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-02-15 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On Fri, Feb 14, 2020, at 15:03, Colleen Beamer wrote: > Hi, > > There seems to be a problem with loading MySQL. During the boot process > when it comes to the loading of MySQL it hangs. Is there a way to > bypass the loading of MySQL so the computer will complete booting and I > can make

Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-02-14 Thread Roger Welsh
Hi Colleen, Which bootloader and init system do you use? If it is grub, you can try adding a ' 1' OR ' real_init=single' to the bootline. If LILO, you can try adding ' append="1" ' to the bootline. If you use OpenRC, you can try adding ' softlevel=boot' This should tell your system to boot in

[gentoo-user] Loading Issue

2020-02-14 Thread Colleen Beamer
Hi, I have an older computer with Gentoo on it.  I haven't updated it in quite a while because it necessitates a full reinstall and up until recently, I haven't had the time to devote to this.  It is mostly backuped up on an external hard drive so, it what I'm asking can't be done, that's