Modified the /etc/rc.local file. Now fedora wont boot

h8null · 01-14-2009, 08:42 PM

I did a stupid thing i guess.
I modified the /etc/rc.local file to include

wvdial

I guess the script doesnt stop and continues and now fedora wont boot. What was I thinking. Any way of getting back fedora/? F10.

jailbait · 01-14-2009, 09:01 PM

Boot a live CD Mount the Fedora partition. Edit /etc/rc.local on the Fedora partition and take out the wvdial command.

I am surprised that an error in wvdial would bring down the whole system. That may not be your problem. In any case you could check in the files /etc/wvdial.conf and /etc/.wvdialrc to see what may be wrong with wvdial.

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Steve Stites

ebsbel · 07-24-2009, 06:19 AM

I also added wvdial to rc.local and it stops the boot process.
Strange...

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unSpawn · 07-24-2009, 07:42 AM

Not if you didn't configure it OK first. There might be lines logged in syslog or wherever it is supposed to log to. If you are unsure if a command will background itself you can always suffix an ampersand (e.g.: '/path/to/wvdial --conf /path/to/someconf --other-options &') to make it run in the background while the system progresses through startup routines.

ebsbel · 07-27-2009, 07:37 AM

I have it configured, so it runs well when I run it from command line. I tried to use the & statement and it worked. I read in another forum that it did not help to use &, so I did not try it earlier.
I do not use wvdial diectly in rc.local. I run a script that contains wvdial. So I just edited the script with:
wvdial myconnection &
and it worked!
Thanks for the suggestion!
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unSpawn · 07-27-2009, 07:48 AM

You're welcome. Nice to see it worked in this case. Note that generally speaking before starting apps in the background you should know if an application requires interactivity or not. Some just don't like it or cause weird errors to appear when not connected to a TTY...

ap0calypse · 07-27-2009, 08:20 AM

You could alternatively give a different init-line to grub or lilo by appending init=/bin/bash

Then mount your partitions, change the files, and reboot.