In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:25:08 +0100, John Smith writes: >>On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 10:48 +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: >>> I have a HP DL380 here with Sarge (current as of now) on it. Problem > >><rant> It must be one of the most mentioned boxes on these lists, a >>distinction I wouldn't crave, as it's manufacturer... (Hey, HP, are you >>listening? You are using Debian inhouse, why don't you contribute a bit >>more, we are convinced of the hardware quality!) </rant> > >Tell me about it :( - unfortunately I've no control whatsoever about > the choice of hardware. > >>As it's not even displaying "Rebooting", did you check >>the /etc/init.d/reboot permissions? How about calling it directly with >>a sh -x? > >It doesn't come as far. I've checked further, and what's holding it up > is /etc/rc6.d/S20sendsigs, the `killall5 -15`. I strace'd it, and the > last thing I get is "rt_sigaction(-1, SIGSTOP" (note the missing ")").
Ofcourse, by then the strace process is sigSTOPped too. Heisenbug. > If I background both killall5's, it comes as far as "Saving random > seed... done", eg S30urandom finishes. > >Hmm, can it be that killall5 doesn't actually manage to *not* kill > itself? Ofcourse it goes through great lengths to do exactly that - NOT kill itself. It kills all processes _except_ itself and its caller. >This would be a quite grave bug. Ehm, no. Wrong conclusion. Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]