Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-26 Thread Jan Willies
2011/5/26 Bob Goodwin > On 26/05/11 11:34, Jan Willies wrote: > > 2011/5/26 Bob Goodwin > > > > On 26/05/11 11:19, Jan Willies wrote: > > > 2011/5/26 Bob Goodwin > > > > > > On 26/05/11 03:15, Jan Willies wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > You can first try to boot w

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 26/05/11 11:34, Jan Willies wrote: > 2011/5/26 Bob Goodwin > > On 26/05/11 11:19, Jan Willies wrote: > > 2011/5/26 Bob Goodwin > > > > On 26/05/11 03:15, Jan Willies wrote: > > > > > > > > > You can first try to boot with systemd.unit=multi-user.target > bef

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-26 Thread Jan Willies
2011/5/26 Bob Goodwin > On 26/05/11 11:19, Jan Willies wrote: > > 2011/5/26 Bob Goodwin > > > > On 26/05/11 03:15, Jan Willies wrote: > > > > > > > > > You can first try to boot with systemd.unit=multi-user.target > before > > > making any permament change. > > > > >

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 26/05/11 11:19, Jan Willies wrote: > 2011/5/26 Bob Goodwin > > On 26/05/11 03:15, Jan Willies wrote: > > > > > > You can first try to boot with systemd.unit=multi-user.target before > > making any permament change. > > > > See the other replies for the symlinking iss

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-26 Thread Jan Willies
2011/5/26 Bob Goodwin > On 26/05/11 03:15, Jan Willies wrote: > > > > > > You can first try to boot with systemd.unit=multi-user.target before > > making any permament change. > > > > See the other replies for the symlinking issue. > > >I can enter "a" at the grub screen and then >

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 26/05/11 03:15, Jan Willies wrote: > > > You can first try to boot with systemd.unit=multi-user.target before > making any permament change. > > See the other replies for the symlinking issue. I can enter "a" at the grub screen and then "systemd.unit=multi-user.target" and get

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-26 Thread Jan Willies
2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin > On 25/05/11 05:48, Jan Willies wrote: > > Ah sorry, you edited /etc/inittab. Yes, in the grub screen at the end > > of the 'kernel-line' > > Once I was able to boot F15 again it would produce an error >message instead of starting xfce. Reinstalling is a lot

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-25 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 05:41 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 25/05/11 05:33, Jan Willies wrote: > > 2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin > > > >New install F-15: When I attempted to change the inittab > > setting > >from 5 to 3 as I normally do I was told that was no longer > > the

Re: Set inittab to 3

2011-05-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 05/26/2011 03:35 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > That describes what I have been doing. It does not work! Step one fails. > > rm /etc/systemd/system/default.target > > Results in No such file or directory, however I can list it with ls. The method documented in the wiki works fine

Re: Set inittab to 3

2011-05-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 25/05/11 16:41, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 05/26/2011 02:00 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> Once again this is making a major problem of what has always >> been a routine configuration change. > For fresh installations of Fedora 15, /etc/inittab has the > documentation on how to do

Re: Set inittab to 3

2011-05-25 Thread Robert Nichols
On 05/25/2011 03:30 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 25/05/11 10:02, R. G. Newbury wrote: >> After fixing this, you can replace inittab with the script I posted in >> Issue 53, which is archived here: >> >> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general/392873/match=re+start+system+without+x

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-25 Thread Genes MailLists
On 05/25/2011 02:20 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > [bobg@box6]$ ln -s /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target > /etc/systemd/system/default.target > ln: failed to create symbolic link > `/etc/systemd/system/default.target': File exists Probably won't help much but to co

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 05/25/2011 11:50 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > [bobg@box6]$ ln -s /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target > /etc/systemd/system/default.target > ln: failed to create symbolic link > `/etc/systemd/system/default.target': File exists > > And this is where I got in

Re: Set inittab to 3

2011-05-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 05/26/2011 02:00 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Once again this is making a major problem of what has always > been a routine configuration change. For fresh installations of Fedora 15, /etc/inittab has the documentation on how to do this. On upgrades, it might get saved as /etc/ini

Re: Set inittab to 3

2011-05-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 25/05/11 10:02, R. G. Newbury wrote: >> 2011/5/25 Jan Willies >> 2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin In the kernel-line, where you did put '3'. >> Ah sorry, you edited /etc/inittab. Yes, in the grub screen at the end of the >> 'kernel-line' > After fixing this, you can replace inittab with

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 25/05/11 05:48, Jan Willies wrote: > Ah sorry, you edited /etc/inittab. Yes, in the grub screen at the end > of the 'kernel-line' Once I was able to boot F15 again it would produce an error message instead of starting xfce. Reinstalling is a lot faster than troubleshoot

Re: Set inittab to 3

2011-05-25 Thread R. G. Newbury
> 2011/5/25 Jan Willies > >> > 2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin >> > >>> >> On 25/05/11 05:33, Jan Willies wrote: >> > 2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin >> > >> > New install F-15: When I attempted to change the inittab >> > setting >> > from 5 to 3 as I no

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 25/05/11 05:44, Hiisi wrote: > On 25 May 2011 13:33, Jan Willies wrote: > <--SNIP--> >> Your can boot with systemd.unit=emergency.target and fix it. >> > Or you could boot your system from live cd, mount hard drive and edit inittab. > -- > Hiisi Yes, that part worked after a second try

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-25 Thread Jan Willies
2011/5/25 Jan Willies > 2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin > >> On 25/05/11 05:33, Jan Willies wrote: >> > 2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin >> > >> >New install F-15: When I attempted to change the inittab >> > setting >> >from 5 to 3 as I normally do I was told that was no longer >> >

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-25 Thread Jan Willies
2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin > On 25/05/11 05:33, Jan Willies wrote: > > 2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin > > > >New install F-15: When I attempted to change the inittab > > setting > >from 5 to 3 as I normally do I was told that was no longer > > the way. > > > >I shou

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-25 Thread Hiisi
On 25 May 2011 13:33, Jan Willies wrote: <--SNIP--> > > Your can boot with systemd.unit=emergency.target and fix it. > Or you could boot your system from live cd, mount hard drive and edit inittab. -- Hiisi -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 25/05/11 05:33, Jan Willies wrote: > 2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin > >New install F-15: When I attempted to change the inittab > setting >from 5 to 3 as I normally do I was told that was no longer > the way. > >I should do ln -s ... > >That told m

Re: Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-25 Thread Jan Willies
2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin >New install F-15: When I attempted to change the inittab setting >from 5 to 3 as I normally do I was told that was no longer the way. > >I should do ln -s ... > >That told me the file already existed so I deleted it and ran >the comma

Set inittab to 3 -

2011-05-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
New install F-15: When I attempted to change the inittab setting from 5 to 3 as I normally do I was told that was no longer the way. I should do ln -s ... That told me the file already existed so I deleted it and ran the command again with the appropriate c