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runlevel wont work!!!???

hello friends
i installed gnome from the slacky.eu site.
after that i rebooted the system and after the boot line:

Quote:

freeing unused kernel memory: 248k freed

a line appears:

Quote:

Enter runlevel:

so i entered a number "x" and this appears:

Quote:

INIT: Entering runlevel: x
INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel

and nothing happens. everything freezes.
what could be the problem?
thanks

Perhaps a missing /etc/inittab?

actually the /etc/inittab is empty.
could that be the problem?
if so, what is the solution.
thanks

I'll post mine, it's a Slackware 11 installation as well and nearly standard. Put that code into yours and you should be fine. Adapt the default runlevel to 3 if you want to boot to a tty instead of KDE.

Code:

#

# inittab      This file describes how the INIT process should set up

#              the system in a certain run-level.

#

# Version:      @(#)inittab            2.04    17/05/93        MvS

#                                      2.10    02/10/95        PV

#                                      3.00    02/06/1999      PV

#                                      4.00    04/10/2002      PV

#

# Author:      Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels@drinkel.nl.mugnet.org>

# Modified by:  Patrick J. Volkerding, <volkerdi@slackware.com>

#



# These are the default runlevels in Slackware:

#  0 = halt

#  1 = single user mode

#  2 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)

#  3 = multiuser mode (default Slackware runlevel)

#  4 = X11 with KDM/GDM/XDM (session managers)

#  5 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)

#  6 = reboot



# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)

id:4:initdefault:



# System initialization (runs when system boots).

si:S:sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.S



# Script to run when going single user (runlevel 1).

su:1S:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.K



# Script to run when going multi user.

rc:2345:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.M



# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t5 -h now



# Runlevel 0 halts the system.

l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.0



# Runlevel 6 reboots the system.

l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.6



# What to do when power fails.

pf::powerfail:/sbin/genpowerfail start



# If power is back, cancel the running shutdown.

pg::powerokwait:/sbin/genpowerfail stop



# These are the standard console login getties in multiuser mode:

c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux

c2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux

c3:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux

c4:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux

c5:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux

c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux



# Local serial lines:

#s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100

#s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100



# Dialup lines:

#d1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS0 vt100

#d2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS1 vt100



# Runlevel 4 used to be for an X window only system, until we discovered

# that it throws init into a loop that keeps your load avg at least 1 all

# the time. Thus, there is now one getty opened on tty6. Hopefully no one

# will notice. ;^)

# It might not be bad to have one text console anyway, in case something

# happens to X.

x1:4:respawn:/etc/rc.d/rc.4



# End of /etc/inittab

Quote:

Originally Posted by osc~

actually the /etc/inittab is empty.
could that be the problem?
if so, what is the solution.
thanks

yeah, thats the problem. you need a new inittab. here is mine:

Code:

$ cat /etc/inittab 

#

# inittab      This file describes how the INIT process should set up

#              the system in a certain run-level.

#

# Version:      @(#)inittab            2.04    17/05/93        MvS

#                                      2.10    02/10/95        PV

#                                      3.00    02/06/1999      PV

#                                      4.00    04/10/2002      PV

#

# Author:      Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels@drinkel.nl.mugnet.org>

# Modified by:  Patrick J. Volkerding, <volkerdi@slackware.com>

#



# These are the default runlevels in Slackware:

#  0 = halt

#  1 = single user mode

#  2 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)

#  3 = multiuser mode (default Slackware runlevel)

#  4 = X11 with KDM/GDM/XDM (session managers)

#  5 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)

#  6 = reboot



# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)

id:3:initdefault:



# System initialization (runs when system boots).

si:S:sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.S



# Script to run when going single user (runlevel 1).

su:1S:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.K



# Script to run when going multi user.

rc:2345:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.M



# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t5 -r now



# Runlevel 0 halts the system.

l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.0



# Runlevel 6 reboots the system.

l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.6



# What to do when power fails.

pf::powerfail:/sbin/genpowerfail start



# If power is back, cancel the running shutdown.

pg::powerokwait:/sbin/genpowerfail stop



# These are the standard console login getties in multiuser mode:

c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux

c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux

c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux

c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux

c5:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux

c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux



# Local serial lines:

#s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100

#s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100



# Dialup lines:

#d1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS0 vt100

#d2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 38400,19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS1 vt100



# Runlevel 4 used to be for an X window only system, until we discovered

# that it throws init into a loop that keeps your load avg at least 1 all 

# the time. Thus, there is now one getty opened on tty6. Hopefully no one

# will notice. ;^)

# It might not be bad to have one text console anyway, in case something 

# happens to X.

x1:4:respawn:/etc/rc.d/rc.4



# End of /etc/inittab

its wierd that your inittab is missing at all, but the above is a vanilla slack 11 inittab. you can use an install disk and mount your / (or /etc) somewhere then put that in /etc/inittab

hth

[edit] damn I'm slooowww.. :D

well that was the problem.
thanks alot!!!!!!!!!!!!

now a new one came up and the computer will only start in single user mode until i solve the problem.
weird!

the problem said something like no more space in the HOME or something like that when i would type startx.

It's essential to quote the exact error messages, as you did with your first post. Also, as this is a different problem, I'd suggest you start a new thread with an appropriate title.