runlevel 4 problem

martysha · 07-31-2008, 05:09 PM

hi all

i have a big problem there..

i wanted to boot straight into kde... so i did the following:

i've opened /etc/inittab and changed from:

Code:

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:3:initdefault:

to

Code:

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:4:initdefault:

after that i've opened rc.4

and i commented the first lines about GNOME like that:

Code:

# Try to use GNOME's gdm session manager:
  #if [ -x /usr/bin/gdm ]; then
  # exec /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon
  #fi

  # Not there?  OK, try to use KDE's kdm session manager:
  if [ -x /opt/kde/bin/kdm ]; then
    exec /opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon
  fi

  # If all you have is XDM, I guess it will have to do:
  if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ]; then
    exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon
  fi

then i rebooted my system:

Code:

INIT: cannot execute etc/rc.d/rc.4
INIT: cannot execute etc/rc.d/rc.4
INIT: cannot execute etc/rc.d/rc.4
INIT: Id "x1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes

tried to boot with a cd, same thing

any ideas how to recover my system?

mostlyharmless · 07-31-2008, 05:14 PM

Maybe you changed the exec status of rc.4 when you edited it? Try booting with the install CD. Mount your filesystem under /mnt and chmod the rc.4 back to executable if that's the case. BTW, to boot to level 4 you didn't need to modify rc.4, and if you don't have gnome, it wouldn't have made any difference....

jailbait · 07-31-2008, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by martysha

any ideas how to recover my system?

I would boot a LiveCD. Then edit /etc/inittab back to default runlevel 3. Then boot Slackware.

Once you get into Slackware then check to see if /opt/kde/bin/kdm exists and is executable. Also check to see if /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm exists and is executable but xdm is less important to solving your problem than kdm.

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Steve Stites

Hangdog42 · 07-31-2008, 05:33 PM

How about just selecting runlevel 1 from the LILO console. When you select a kernel in LILO, hit tab to get the console, then just add the number 1 after the kernel name. That will boot you into runlevel 1 and you can fix what you need. No need for a LiveCD.

martysha · 07-31-2008, 05:52 PM

thank you!!

like mostlyharmless suggested - i mounted the system with a cd and checked if rc.4 is executable... and it wasn't (i have absolutely no idea why - i didn't change the mode)

so i fixed that too easily, this time - false alert

thank you all again!

and good night