I looked at the links and they appear intact as you described them. There
is one other error message I get before it freezes that might be
informative:
Mainloop returned consoleInit: no such device.
Thanks
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay DeKing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] reboot/halt freeze
> I had the same problem, sans the modprobe error. It confounded me for
some
> time, but I finally tracked this down.
>
> Check your /etc/init.d/rc0.d and /etc/init.d/rc6.d directories for links
to
> killall - mine is S00killall in both directories. On my machine they are
> links to ../init.d/killall.
>
> Then check /etc/init.d/rc0.d for a link to halt. Mine is S01halt, and it
> links to ../init.d/halt.
>
> Finally, check /etc/init.d/rc6.d for a link to reboot. Mine is
S01reboot,
and
> it links to ../init.d/halt as well because halt serves both to shut down
and
> to reboot the machine.
>
> All of these links were suddenly missing on my machine - not sure why. I
> recreated them, and now it shuts down and reboots fine.
>
> Good luck,
> Jay
> --
> "Support your local law enforcement agency -
> this week commit the crime of your choice!"
>
>
> On Monday 18 June 2001 17:12, Tom Welsh wrote:
> > I have recently have had problems rebooting/shutting down (it was fine
for
> > a couple of weeks after installing 8.0). The console will freeze with
the
> > following last two errors:
> >
> > INIT: no more processes in the this
> > runlevel.
> > modprobe: cant locate module
> > char-major-13.
> >
> > Basically I cannot type anything at the console. If I switch to a
> > different virtual console I will get a login prompt but wont be able
to
> > type anything in. Also, if I slogin/telnet to the machine, I can get
it
to
> > reboot, but not at the console.
> >
> > Any Ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
>
