[CentOS] service --status-all hangs CentOS-4.6?

John R Pierce pierce at hogranch.com
Wed May 21 16:21:21 UTC 2008


James B. Byrne wrote:
> Is there a problem with running
>
> # service --status-all
>
> as root over ssh?
>
> A system that I performed this command upon has become non-responsive on all
> ports, leading me to conclude that it is either hung or the cpu is completely
> consumed with some task.
>
> Regards,
>
> Output to point of failure:
>
> ...
> Active Mount Points:
> --------------------
> hcid is stopped
> sdpd is stopped
> hidd is stopped
> cpuspeed is stopped
> crond (pid 3334) is running...
> cupsd (pid 3806) is running...
> cups-config-daemon (pid 3404) is running...
> dc_client is stopped
> dc_server is stopped
> dhcpd is stopped
> Device not specified in /etc/sysconfig/diskdump
> Usage: /etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller {start|stop}
>   

sounds like some service in /etc/init.d   crashed when it was invoked 
with `status` as the argument.   dkms_autoinstaller simply didn't 
support status, so it returned that error.





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