[CentOS] INIT 5 and system is gone

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Mon Jun 30 16:10:34 UTC 2008


Michel van Deventer wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> ......
> For the rest, we first need
> logfiles, /var/log/messages /var/log/boot.log and
> maybe /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>   
I just tried:

system-config-display from the command line.

With 5.1 this would start  X so that I could set the proper display, 
then exit X when I exited the display config.  I had to use this, as 
with 5.1 I had to do the install with the drive in another box.  So I 
KNOW this worked in 5.1

Now I just hang.  And NOTHING is written to any log file.

Any advice?

Oh, and here is another 'hint'.  Here is the vnc log:


Xvnc Free Edition 4.1.2
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
Underlying X server release 70101000, The X.Org Foundation


Fri Jun 27 14:45:04 2008
 vncext:      VNC extension running!
 vncext:      Listening for VNC connections on port 5907
 vncext:      Listening for HTTP connections on port 5807
 vncext:      created VNC server for screen 0
Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF, removing from 
list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/CID/, removing 
from list!
SESSION_MANAGER=local/decTOP1.htt-consult.com:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4657
Window manager warning: Log level 32: could not find XKB extension.

** (eggcups:4777): WARNING **: IPP request failed with status 1030

** (eggcups:4777): WARNING **: IPP request failed with status 1030
Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension
Unable to open desktop file /usr/share/applications/redhat-email.desktop 
for panel launcher: No such file or directory
Unable to open desktop file 
/usr/share/applications/openoffice.org-1.9-writer.desktop for panel 
launcher: No such file or directory
Unable to open desktop file 
/usr/share/applications/openoffice.org-1.9-impress.desktop for panel 
launcher: No such file or directory
Unable to open desktop file 
/usr/share/applications/openoffice.org-1.9-calc.desktop for panel 
launcher: No such file or directory
Introspect error: Activation of com.redhat.setroubleshoot timed out
xterm:  fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":2.0"
Window manager warning: Lost connection to the display ':2.0';
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the window manager.

(gnome-panel:4745): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Failed to re-activate 
daemon: Connection was disconnected before a reply was received
could not attach to desktop process
The application 'nm-applet' lost its connection to the display :2.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.
The application 'pam-panel-icon' lost its connection to the display :2.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.
The application 'gnome-panel' lost its connection to the display :2.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.
The application 'nautilus' lost its connection to the display :2.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.

(gnome-panel:4745): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_run_dispose: 
assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(gnome-panel:4745): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_run_dispose: 
assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(gnome-panel:4745): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_run_dispose: 
assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
X connection to :2.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).

(pam-panel-icon:5102): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: 
Window manager error: Unable to open X display :2.0

(eggcups:5098): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :2.0
[root at decTOP1 .vnc]#





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