Debian :: Lenny Not Booting After Wrong Startup Script Added?
May 14, 2010
I added a script to start a service and Lenny wont boot anymore,its stuck at the point where the script is supposed to load. I used update-rd scriptname defaults I was trying to add NTLM Authorization Proxy Server, by adding a script
Code:
python /root/ntlmaps/main.py
This is the second time i am trying this, that last i did this i added a & at the end( this should send it to the background?) and it worked fine.I have mounted the root file system through live-cd, but iam not able to figure out how to undo this silly mistake of mine
Edit: I just managed to get the system back up. Looks like i was confusing /mnt/etc/init.d with /etc/init.d ...
I added the & to the end of the line, making it
Code:
python /root/ntlmaps/main.py &
I referred to [URL] while doing this exercise and apparently there should be some code for shutting down too, dont really know how to do that, on the command line i use kill 9 <PID>, but theres probably some other way for it here...
I tried running a racing game I downloaded yeterday and the screen just went black and started flashing on and off occasionally for a minute. I rebooted the system and after an error free boot it asked for my login. My problem is that I login fine but only get a terminal prompt and no regular GUI screen...
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Reboot...windows, internet for answers I'm thinkin. GRUB loads fine, select windows and get the following error message "Windows can't start because of hardware configuration problems. Could not read from selected boot disk, check boot path and hardware. Check configuration manual for disk configuration."
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#!/bin/sh # Quick start-stop-daemon example, derived from Debian /etc/init.d/ssh set -e # Must be a valid filename
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i already tried adding squeeze to "sources.list" but i can see too many dependencies which should be upgraded if i install 4.6, i'm beginning to afraid it can crash entire GUI(or entire system, i can see there is libc6 required to be updated).
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where is the boot process situated anyway and how can you get at it?
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Grub use to open an old kernel I tried to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to open the one I wanted. The edit gets saved but it still opens in the wrong kernel. i.e when edit menu.lst it has no effect. I have tried running sudo grub-update. I've read piles of forum entries to no avail. I am running Jaunty.
Recently installed Centos 5.6 in order to install Plesk on. Not familiar with Linux partitioning so left the default values at install with a few GB of unpartitioned space left free. Followed the instructions on the Plesk installation manual for adding a seperate partition for /tmp - [url]
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Right now I am using my machine with 7x4Gb of ram, and it is fine. Does it mean I have a hardware problem with one of the sockets?
I am still new to Ubuntu but I am having a problem when booting into Ubuntu 10.10. When I turn on the computer, after a few screens go by I see a boot manager giving me the option of:
1: Earlier Versions of Windows 2: Windows 7 3: Ubuntu
All OSes are working with no trouble. But when I try to boot into Ubuntu, I get another boot screen that states:
1: Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.35-28-generic 2: Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.35-28-generic (recovery mode) 3: Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.35-22-generic 4: Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode) 5: Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)
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I got the iso with the added firmware from here: [URL] ....
The i386 download and it appears to be 334 MB. I pretty got it because I don't want to mess with the wireless controller (been there done that.)
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