Mike Edenfield wrote: >> From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com] > >> Mike Edenfield wrote: > >>> I'm pretty sure that a stable Dracut is a prerequisite for a stable >>> udev-182+. Hopefully with more people taking interest in using an >>> initramfs it will stabilize quickly. It's working for me on all of the >>> systems I'm tried it, so I'm going to try switching a couple of >>> servers at work over to using it. But none of them have anything >>> particularly complex (no net boots, for example) so I don't know how >>> much of a test case they'll be :) > >> I'm still trying to figure out why my dracut init thingy isn't working >> right. If I >> use the init thingy, I can't su to root from a user. If I don't use the >> init thingy, >> I can su just fine. By the way, I boot the exact same kernel either way I >> boot. > > So, just to make sure I'm understanding you here (cuz it sounds kinda crazy) > > If you specify a dracut-created inittramfs in your grub.conf, your machine > boots, but using 'su' to go from root -> non-root fails? > If you remove the initrd line from grub.conf and boot the exact same kernel, > 'su' works fine? > What's the error? Cuz once the pivot_root step happens and the real init is > running, things in user-space should be *exactly* the same as if you had no > initramfs. > > --Mike > > >
The other way around. When I boot using the init thingy, if I login as a user, dale in this case, I can not su to root. I think the error was something like authentication failed or something to that effect. I can reboot the exact same kernel but omit the init part, everything works fine. I even tried different kernels and it still does it. The reason it is a issue for me is that I use Konsole within KDE to emerge, edit config files and such. When I use the init thingy, none of those work. I get a error about paths being wrong or incorrect password. If I reboot without the init thingy, it works fine. I can't find any difference other than the init thingy being used. Weird, yea, but it sure doesn't work here. I found me another drive the other day. May be trying Kubuntu here pretty soon. This udev and /usr crap is just getting on my nerves. I don't have a lot of them left and I need to save the few I do have. At least by using something else, I don't have to fiddle with the crap and installs to fix things are a LOT quicker. I mentioned this before but it is just getting closer and closer. First time my system fails to boot because of this mess, it's decision time. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
