(I send this again as in 24 hours, it seems not to have reached the list) (sorry if it is a repeat)
Please forgive inaccuracies in the description below, the system was in so insane a state, I could not edit a file to capture the exact text from the console, so it is re-created as best I can manage. To do some maintenence on my system, I wanted to shutdown to single-user mode. To do this, I issued telinit S as root user. The result was a strange. After a short time, I have what looks like a runlevel 1 prompt, but to makesure, I enter: sh-2.05a# runlevel the next thing I see is the shell complaining, followed by a regular bash prompt: rnee: command not found [root@localhost root]# just to clear the buffer I stike the [Enter] key, and bash complains: bash: ulvl: command not found Just for kicks, I try telling the shell: sh-# rruunnlleevveell [enter] S 3 [root@localhost root]# (so I hit enter again) S 3 sh-2.05a# At that point, since the mouse would still work, I attempted to edit a file with "vi foo" and found myself lost in a veritable hall of mirrors trying to figure out where I was. eventually, I was able to get back to a prompt pair, and told them eexxiitt and the system returned to a sane state, in runlevel 3. Here are the (I think) relevant packages I have installed: [root@localhost root]$ uname -r 2.4.18-21mdkenterprise [root@localhost root]$ rpm -q bash initscripts basesystem SysVinit bash-2.05a-5mdk initscripts-6.40.2-44mdk basesystem-8.2-3mdk SysVinit-2.83-3mdk No strangeness is apparant if I enter runlevel 1 at boot-time using lilo: linux devfs=nomount init S -- -Chuck
