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#26 2006-11-30 21:35:38

Bernie
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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

cat /etc/rc.conf shows me the same list as cd /etc/    more rc.conf but this time the end of the file is shown.....

I have no Idea with editor I use....


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#27 2006-11-30 21:41:32

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

Well, even as a normal user, cat /etc/rc.conf will list the file.  Have you tried the command whoami?  Answer should be root.

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#28 2006-11-30 21:42:20

Bernie
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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

marxav wrote:

Well, even as a normal user, cat /etc/rc.conf will list the file.  Have you tried the command whomai?  Answer should be root.

show that I'm root


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#29 2006-11-30 21:49:09

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

Interesting.  Since you have no graphical interface installed yet and you are new to Linux, you probably want to use nano as editor.  So do

nano /etc/rc.conf

Instructions are at the bottom (Ctrl+O followed by Ctrl+X will save and exit)

If it refuses to save, humm... don't know ?

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#30 2006-11-30 21:55:10

Bernie
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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

marxav wrote:

Interesting.  Since you have no graphical interface installed yet and you are new to Linux, you probably want to use nano as editor.  So do

nano /etc/rc.conf

Instructions are at the bottom (Ctrl+O followed by Ctrl+X will save and exit)

If it refuses to save, humm... don't know ?

okay, done. what should I do next?  :oops: I've managed to get pacman refreshing the package list.....


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#31 2006-11-30 22:02:25

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

lol

So you did pacman -Syu and it worked...

Well as said earlier, carry on:

Pacman -S xorg hwd kde.

Or you can do a pacman -S for each, just to make sure things go right.  Then you will have to configure xorg.conf.  The "newbie" way is probable run hwd -xa which forces the creation of the xorg.conf file.

Then, still in rc.conf, add kdm to the list of DAEMONS to get kde started at boot.

Still with us ? wink

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#32 2006-11-30 22:05:38

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

so the exact command I need to put in is
pacman -S xorg hwd kde

at the same time or after each other? ie
pacman -S xorg
pacman -S hwd
etc....


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#33 2006-11-30 22:07:59

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

Looks like we are typing at the same time... :-)  First option is  "riskier"

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#34 2006-11-30 22:09:03

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

marxav wrote:

First option is  "riskier"

1. I've got my Win XP pc "load on" this forum to get me trough all this :-P

2. what axactly do you mean with riskier?


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#35 2006-11-30 22:14:44

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

Figure of speech.  As pacman does its things, it sometime post messages.  So if you do one at a time, you know where it comes from...  It is just a habit

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#36 2006-11-30 22:16:13

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

is there anyway to prevent the screen going blank when I haven't made any input for a while?


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#37 2006-11-30 22:39:56

Bernie
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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

what should I add to the deamon list to boot gnome?


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#38 2006-11-30 22:42:03

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

Sorry, don't know about the blank screen.

For gnome, gdm il believe.  But did you install gnome ?  Pacman -S gnome

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#39 2006-11-30 22:43:03

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

yes. I installed gnome. Or is kde better suted for newbies?


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#40 2006-11-30 22:46:57

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

Bernie wrote:

is there anyway to prevent the screen going blank when I haven't made any input for a while?

"setterm -blank 0" will do it for you


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#41 2006-11-30 22:47:51

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

chrismortimore wrote:

setterm -blank 0" will do it for you

is that "zero" or the letter O?


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#42 2006-11-30 22:50:34

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

The number zero.  As in "blank after 0 minutes" (which actually disables blanking).


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#43 2006-11-30 22:51:13

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

okay. thanks.

in another "screen" I tried to ping archlinux.org but it keeps going on, and going and .... does my computer need a shrink or is that normal?


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#44 2006-11-30 23:34:00

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

Bernie wrote:

okay. thanks.

in another "screen" I tried to ping archlinux.org but it keeps going on, and going and .... does my computer need a shrink or is that normal?

Just a standard "ping www.google.com" command will continue indefinitely.  Press Ctrl+C to force ping to close.  Or run "ping -c 4 www.google.com" (change the 4 to however many you want).


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#45 2006-12-01 17:01:49

Bernie
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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

chrismortimore wrote:

setterm -blank 0" will do it for you

how can I make that permanent?


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#46 2006-12-01 17:25:54

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

either don't touch the mouse, or else use something like xlock or xscreensaver

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#47 2006-12-01 18:06:11

Bernie
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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

i've installed xorg and gnome but every time I boot I get an error that there's something wrong with the config file for xorg... I've allready run xorgconfig .... when I put the command "gnome-session" in I get this error:

(gnome-session:2506): gtk-warning **: cannot open display:

what should I do?


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#48 2006-12-01 18:21:35

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

You may want to search other threads if not done yet or even start a new one because this is getting of topic from your initial post and getting confusing to follow.;-)

Xorg is sometimes tricky to configure.  You may want to post your file, error messages, specify the graphic card you use and confirm you have installed the proper driver...(xf86-video-xxx)

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#49 2006-12-02 11:53:50

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

Bernie wrote:

how can I make that permanent?

Add it to /etc/rc.local.


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#50 2006-12-02 14:03:10

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Re: Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

slubman wrote:

boot with archlinux fallback

log as root, then try to make :

mkinitcpio -g /boot/kernel26.img

then try to boot with the standard boot entry

Hello,

the kernel, fallback or not, won't work. It still shoots out the init not found error.

I tried downgrading the kernel to 2.6.18.4 through chroot and my Beatrix Live CD, but it gives errors about there being no permissions to /dev/null, and exits. So, in other words, I'm screwed.

Can anyone help me?


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