On the original system, was there a line in inittab similar to the following?
# The default runlevel is defined here id:3:initdefault: With no default runlevel, I'm surprised anything was working. > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Nick Laflamme > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 2:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Monthly forehead bruising: inittab & > ctrlaltdel > > > "Should" doesn't count. How many times have we heard, "In theory, > practice and theory agree. In reality, theory and practice differ"? > This is one of those times. :-) > > Rob van der Heij's warning bout YaST2-sshinstall was probably > exactly on > target: when I reran the install process today for my test image and > made a point of running it, it didn't look familiar to me. I can't > believe I missed it, but I apparently I did. > > Before I had done all that, when I was worrying about why the runlevel > was "unknown," it didn't matter if I had the "12345" in that insttab > line or left it blank; it wasn't getting picked up either way. Forcing > the system into run level 3 with an "init 3" made it work. Getting a > clean re-install seems to have worked wonders. The system now comes up > in run level 3, and my acne's even clearing up. > > I can't decide if I'm relieve to finally get this working or hugely > embarrassed that I apparently screwed up the install process > so thoroughly. > > Hopefully, the next time someone has odd-ball issues with run > levels and > SIGNAL SHUTDOWN, these notes will aim them in the right direction. > > Nick > > > Hall, Ken (IDS ECCS) wrote: > > >Mine (working) is: > > > >ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -y -g0 > > > >Should work either way though. > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Post, Mark K > >>Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 2:14 PM > >> > >> > >>Well, that would only leave 0 and 6 (or "unknown" as he's > reporting), either of which would mean the system wasn't very > usable at that moment. :) > >> > >> > >>Mark Post > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Marcy Cortes > >>Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 12:55 AM > >> > >> > >>Perhaps you are not in run levels 1 through 5? > >> > >>Just a thought. > >> > >>Marcy > >> > >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ============================================================================== If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. <http://www.ml.com/email_terms/> ============================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
