shutdown/Halt system from /etc/rc

ladio · 09-22-2007, 11:42 AM

Greetings,

I'm experimenting on a thin client based on diet-pc. When the pc starts it will run /etc/rc (specified at /etc/inittab). At /etc/rc i wrote a small script to check for a config file and if it does not exist i want to show a message and then shutdown/halt the machine. I tried to use:
- halt
- shutdown -h now
- init 0
but none of them worked
When i use init 0, i get the the message:
INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel.

Does anyone have any idea how to power off the machine?

Thanks in advance
Ladio

jailbait · 09-22-2007, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ladio

Greetings,

I'm experimenting on a thin client based on diet-pc. When the pc starts it will run /etc/rc (specified at /etc/inittab). At /etc/rc i wrote a small script to check for a config file and if it does not exist i want to show a message and then shutdown/halt the machine. I tried to use:
- halt
- shutdown -h now
- init 0
but none of them worked
When i use init 0, i get the the message:
INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel.

Does anyone have any idea how to power off the machine?

Thanks in advance
Ladio

The problem may lie in your /etc/inittab, most likely in how you have specified init 0. Could you post your /etc/inittab?

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Steve Stites

ladio · 09-22-2007, 06:12 PM

Thanks Steve,

the following is the /etc/inittab

dflt:3:initdefault:
init::sysinit:/bin/busybox sh /etc/rc
cad::ctraltdel:/sbin/init 6
halt:0:wait:/sbin/shutdown -h now
rebt:6:wait:/sbin/shutdown -r now
logn:12345789:respawn:/sbin/getty/ 38400 tty2
cons:1:wait:/usr/bion/chvt 2
wmgr:345789:respawn:/bin/su - nobody -c "exec /usr/X11R6/bin/evilwm -snap 8"

Thanks in advance