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soupcan

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[Solved]/etc/rc.sysinit & rc.multi errors; Cannot Boot

As above. My comp reaches a stage where /etc/rc.sysinit is checked, and it causes multiple errors in the vein of "/etc/rc.sysinit: line (line number): foo: command not found", then moves on to /etc/rc.multi, which says "/etc/rc.multi: cannot execute binary file". It then moves on to something similar to "No processes left on this runlevel", and stops doing anything, until I reboot with Alt-SysRq-B. All of the packages in the /dev layout announcement were updated together, and I replaced my empty /etc/inittab with inittab.pacnew. Apologies if the error messages are slightly vague; I did my best to memorize them.

EDIT: Problem caused by broken packages. Reinstall of initscripts fixed the issues.

Last edited by soupcan (2009-08-06 23:58:58)

sand_man

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Re: [Solved]/etc/rc.sysinit & rc.multi errors; Cannot Boot

chroot in with a livecd and show us what is in the inittab file

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soupcan

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Re: [Solved]/etc/rc.sysinit & rc.multi errors; Cannot Boot

This should be right...

#
# /etc/inittab
#

#  Runlevels:
#    0    Halt
#    1(S)    Single-user
#    2    Not used
#    3    Multi-user
#    4    Not used
#    5    X11
#    6    Reboot

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
#id:5:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p

# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty6 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# Example lines for starting a login manager
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null

# End of file

This is rc.sysinit:

[Settings]
wireless_interface = wlan0
pref_width = 492
window_width = 638
prefer_wired = False
flush_tool = 0
backend = external
global_dns_dom = None
always_show_wired_interface = False
window_height = 782
global_dns_1 = None
global_dns_2 = None
global_dns_3 = None
use_global_dns = False
link_detect_tool = 0
dhcp_client = 0
sudo_app = 0
wired_connect_mode = 1
debug_mode = 0
pref_height = 590
wired_interface = eth0
signal_display_type = 1
dns3 = None
dns2 = None
dns1 = None
global_search_dom = None
auto_reconnect = True
wpa_driver = wext

And this is rc.multi:

p.so /usr/lib/libftdipp.so libftdi.so.1 /usr/lib/libftdi.so.1 libftdi.so /usr/lib/libftdi.so libfribidi.so.0 /usr/lib/libfribidi.so.0 libfribidi.so /usr/lib/libfribidi.so libfreetype.so.6 /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 libfreetype.so.6 /opt/lib32/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 libfreetype.so /usr/lib/libfreetype.so libfreetype.so /opt/lib32/usr/lib/libfreetype.so libfreebl3.so /usr/lib/libfreebl3.so libfreebl3.so /opt/lib32/usr/lib/libfreebl3.so libformw.so.5 /usr/lib

Last edited by soupcan (2009-08-06 13:06:14)

soupcan

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Re: [Solved]/etc/rc.sysinit & rc.multi errors; Cannot Boot

Bump; I really need this fixed; I'm currently using a friend's computer.

Last edited by soupcan (2009-08-06 14:36:12)

sand_man

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Re: [Solved]/etc/rc.sysinit & rc.multi errors; Cannot Boot

all your initscripts look wrong to me.
Try reinstalling them

pacman -S initscripts

edit *
I just saw you in the irc channel asking about X errors so I assume you've already fixed this problem?

Last edited by sand_man (2009-08-06 23:27:58)

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soupcan

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Re: [Solved]/etc/rc.sysinit & rc.multi errors; Cannot Boot

all your initscripts look wrong to me.
Try reinstalling them

pacman -S initscripts

edit *
I just saw you in the irc channel asking about X errors so I assume you've already fixed this problem?

Yeah, I just got it fixed. All of my recent updates installed improperly, and I had to redo everything with pacman -Sf. I was just coming to mark this as solved. Thanks for your help!