[Fwd: INIT:Id "x" respawning too fast: disable for 5 minutes]

[Don]

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[mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 05:51 PM
To: fedora-list at redhat.com
Subject: RE: [OT-RH9] SOLVED -> INIT Respawning Problem


Thanks Tommy!
Per your directions, did
$ ls -l /dev/tty[3-6]
tty3 - tty6 all showed "input/output error"
Ended up doing
rm --force tty3
as the file was really corrupt. Read the man on MAKEDEV and actually used
the -S and -n options to see the exact commands, then used them to recreate
the tty's. Everything seems to be back to normal now.
Thanks again!!
Don






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From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Tommy Reynolds
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:55 AM
To: fedora-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: [OT-RH9] INIT Respawning Problem

Uttered "Don" <7mgte at earthlink.net>, spake thus:
> INIT: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.
> INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.
> INIT: Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.
> INIT: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.
>
> Now I am guessing the IDs represent either runlevels or virtual terminals
> (only alt-F1 and alt-F2 seem to do anything) and that the X server is
> somehow corrupted I cannot get XFree86 to start.
The "id" is the first field from the offending line in
"/etc/inittab".
> 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
> 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
> 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
> 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
Each /dev/tty[3-6] is a virtual terminal implemented by the kernel
itself, so you _will_ have them. Make sure you have the correct
entries. Here are mine:
$ ls -l /dev/tty[3-6]
crw------- 1 root root 4, 3 Feb 6 09:05 /dev/tty3
crw------- 1 root root 4, 4 Feb 6 09:05 /dev/tty4
crw------- 1 root root 4, 5 Feb 6 09:05 /dev/tty5
crw------- 1 root root 4, 6 Feb 6 09:05 /dev/tty6
Make sure these haven't been deleted or corrupted. If so, restore
them using MAKEDEV. Do a "man MAKEDEV" to find out more.
> Some other suggested solutions refer to possible file corruption, but
> provide no information on identifying which files might be corrupt or how
to
> restore them. If it is a file corruption problem, is the only solution to
> re-install?
See above.
> Any suggestions on where to look for a complete debugging guide/solution
to
> this problem will be greatly appreciated!!
1) Never try to debug X11 in runlevel 5; you are correctly using
runlevel 3 for this.
2) Don't try to jimmie the X11 configuration scripts yet. Once INIT
has been mollified, try to reconfigure X11: this is the #1 trouble
shooting technique for X11 problems. Just do a:
# redhat-config-xfree86
and accept the defaults. Immediately try to:
# startx
and see what happens.

Cheers!

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From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com]On
Behalf Of Grandad
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 07:13 PM
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Subject: [Fwd: INIT:Id "x" respawning too fast: disable for 5 minutes]


Good morning,
I know you have received this before but I sent it from the wrong address so
maybe that was why I didn't look like a subscriber. Having  to go back to
the M$ box has caused some problems.
Gordon

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: INIT:Id "x" respawning too fast:
disable for 5 minutes
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 06:10:58 +1000
From: Gordon & Mary <lyles02 at tpg.com.au>
Reply-To: lyles02 at tpg.com.au
To: fedora-list at redhat.com



This is the message I have had for three days since a reboot following
installing the updates which included a lot of XFree86 stuff. I am at
the upper end of the age envelope of subscribers you would expect to
find on this site and did not grow up with Linux so please be gentle
with me.
I have run the CD to try and upgrade and have run the F5 Linux Rescue
from the CD.
I have Googled the problem but am not able to understand the info
avaliable.
Could some kind soul please give me line by line instructions.
Thank you in anticipation,
Gordon