---Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Robert Moskowitz Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 11:49 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] INIT 5 and system is gone Michel van Deventer wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 10:33 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> I had been running a system on Centos 5.1 at INIT 3. I did the >> upgrade to Centos 5.2 with the aid of the powernowk8 patch. >> >> Previously I would VNC into the unit when I needed to do admin stuff >> with a GUI. Well I noticed that I was NOT getting GNOME via VNC >> since the upgrade (worked before just fine with 5.1). So I tried an >> INIT 5 from the command line (always worked before), but the system >> seemed to hang. Video was off. >> >> I rebooted, went to INITTAB and changed init to 5 and rebooted. >> Probably a tragic mistake. >> >> Now on boot, right after UDEV gets an OK, the screen goes blank and >> the drive stops turning. >> >> I tried booting with the 5.1 kernel, and same behaviour with the >> system blanking out and all load activity stopping after UDEV loads. >> >> So I am quite stuck at this point. >> >> Is there an option that I can edit into the kernel command at boot >> time to init in 3? And then what do I try? >> > Reboot your system, when you see the grub menu, press a key. Select > the kernel you wish to boot and press 'e', select the kernel line, press 'e' > again and add '3' at the end of the line (or '1' if you wish to boot > in single user mode). Then press <enter> and 'b' to boot. Your system > should now boot up in level 3. You can log in as root at the login > prompt. If that even doesn't work, the reboot in single user mode. > Thanks that got me back in. > For the rest, we first need > logfiles, /var/log/messages /var/log/boot.log Nothing. boot.log is completely empty no-one home. For messages, the boot with init 5 had NO entries. As if the crash occured before the first entry would be written. And running startx did not result in anything in messages either. > and > maybe /var/log/Xorg.0.log Now here we might have something. There is only one likely entry in Xorg.0.log from friday, it seems. It looks like from the time I tried init 5 from the command line: X Window System Version 7.1.1 Release Date: 12 May 2006 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5PAE i686 Red Hat, Inc. Current Operating System: Linux decTOP1.htt-consult.com 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5.bz_pre53 #1 SMP Thu Jun 26 12:08:44 EDT 2008 i586 Build Date: 21 June 2008 Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.41.el5_2.1 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jun 27 14:47:28 2008 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) ServerLayout "single head configuration" (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0" (**) | |-->Device "Videocard0" (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" (==) |-->Input Device "<default pointer>" (==) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout. Using the default mouse configuration. (==) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default. (==) FontPath set to: unix/:7100, built-ins (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/share/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory) (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3 X.Org Video Driver: 1.0 X.Org XInput driver : 0.6 X.Org Server Extension : 0.3 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so Perhaps I should try this again and see if I get another update in this log file.... Anyway, something is really wrong here! Help, please? ----------------------------------------------------------- Try changing your Loging Level to "Debug" or use the appropriate number 1-4 for it. Use your backup Xconfig file if you got one. You do have it backed up correct? JohnStanley _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos