Kernel panic - Attempted to kill init!

Bernie · 2006-11-30 21:35:38

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....

marxav · 2006-11-30 21:41:32

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

Bernie · 2006-11-30 21:42:20

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

marxav · 2006-11-30 21:49:09

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 ?

Bernie · 2006-11-30 21:55:10

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.....

marxav · 2006-11-30 22:02:25

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 ?

Bernie · 2006-11-30 22:05:38

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....

marxav · 2006-11-30 22:07:59

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

Bernie · 2006-11-30 22:09:03

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?

marxav · 2006-11-30 22:14:44

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

Bernie · 2006-11-30 22:16:13

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

Bernie · 2006-11-30 22:39:56

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

marxav · 2006-11-30 22:42:03

Sorry, don't know about the blank screen.

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

Bernie · 2006-11-30 22:43:03

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

chrismortimore · 2006-11-30 22:46:57

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

Bernie · 2006-11-30 22:47:51

chrismortimore wrote:

setterm -blank 0" will do it for you

is that "zero" or the letter O?

chrismortimore · 2006-11-30 22:50:34

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

Bernie · 2006-11-30 22:51:13

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?

chrismortimore · 2006-11-30 23:34:00

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).

Bernie · 2006-12-01 17:01:49

chrismortimore wrote:

setterm -blank 0" will do it for you

how can I make that permanent?

phrakture · 2006-12-01 17:25:54

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

Bernie · 2006-12-01 18:06:11

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?

marxav · 2006-12-01 18:21:35

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)

chrismortimore · 2006-12-02 11:53:50

Bernie wrote:

how can I make that permanent?

Add it to /etc/rc.local.

picpak · 2006-12-02 14:03:10

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?

Arch Linux

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