Hi,
Maybe here someone could teach me why my rh9 say during shutdown:
INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel

Thks!

..:eMa:..

How do you actually shutdown?? Do you use shutdown now, init 0, halt??

Are there any other related entries in your logfiles??

I use shutdown -h now
what log file I should view?
syslog report only boot message...

Thks!

..:eMa:..

1) Your logfile(s) are in /var/log. Check /var/log/messages.

2) Do you have the error when you try shutting down using init 0??

the syslogd shutting down before the INIT's error, so itsn't logged: It's possible?

Here there's /var/log/messages
ott 26 23:46:10 emaaaa gdm[2334]: gdm_child_action: arresto generale...
Oct 26 23:46:10 emaaaa shutdown: shutting down for system halt
Oct 26 23:46:12 emaaaa init: Switching to runlevel: 0
ott 26 23:46:14 emaaaa anacron: Chiusura anacron succeeded
ott 26 23:46:14 emaaaa atd: Chiusura atd succeeded
ott 26 23:46:14 emaaaa rc: Stopping keytable: succeeded
ott 26 23:46:15 emaaaa cups: Chiusura cupsd succeeded
Oct 26 23:46:15 emaaaa xfs[2307]: terminating
ott 26 23:46:15 emaaaa xfs: Chiusura xfs succeeded
ott 26 23:46:15 emaaaa gpm: Chiusura gpm succeeded
ott 26 23:46:20 emaaaa httpd: Chiusura httpd succeeded
ott 26 23:46:20 emaaaa sshd: sshd -TERM succeeded
ott 26 23:46:21 emaaaa crond: Chiusura crond succeeded
Oct 26 23:46:21 emaaaa apmd[2124]: Exiting
ott 26 23:46:22 emaaaa apmd: Chiusura apmd succeeded
ott 26 23:46:23 emaaaa dd: entrati 1+0 record
ott 26 23:46:23 emaaaa dd: usciti 1+0 recordott 26 23:46:23 emaaaa random: Salvataggio seme per la funzione random: succeeded
Oct 26 23:46:23 emaaaa rpc.statd[2073]: Caught signal 15, un-registering and exiting.
ott 26 23:46:23 emaaaa nfslock: Chiusura rpc.statd succeeded
ott 26 23:46:24 emaaaa portmap: Chiusura portmap succeeded
Oct 26 23:46:24 emaaaa kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.
Oct 26 23:46:24 emaaaa kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.
ott 26 23:46:25 emaaaa syslog: Chiusura klogd succeeded
Oct 26 23:46:25 emaaaa exiting on signal 15
Oct 29 15:26:54 emaaaa syslogd 1.4.1: restart.

Yes, logging could be terminated before the error occurs.

Did you try the init 0??

I do believe it's a /etc/inittab or /etc/init.d/<something> related error. But lot's of distro's use their own 'special' way of controlling runlevels, so you need someone with the same distro (and version) you are running.

What's the command line for init?

I had another machine running on the same distro RH9, installed by the same media, 3cdrom, that is full functional.
What's the directory I should compare?

THKS!

..:eMa:..

First question:
Command:
$ init 0

Second question:
I don't use red hat so i'm not sure. The suggested place is:

/etc/init.d

There should be some scripts and directories (the rc<number>.d dirs among others.)

But this question should be answered by a Red Hat user.

THKS I will chek the integrity of /etc/init.d/ scripts.

..:eMa:..
From Milan in a cloudy day...(over multiple scene: RH9 / Wheater)