Re: [Sheflug] HELP - stuck on runlevel

[fred <fred.dodd [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Janet,


good news about the modem, did you document how it was done, for the
next time you install your linux system!!!

may sound stupid, turn off the computer remove the mouse and reboot the
PC it may re-activate kudzu

Oh try run level 1

and start kudzu in text console

regards

fred 

On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 21:18, J Simpson V21 wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Had a really good day at the seminar.  Brett very kindly sorted out my
> modem.  He used my monitor, but his keyboard and mouse.
> 
> I got home plugged it all in and went away to dish up the pasta.
> 
> When I came back the machine was in Kudzu and counting down to 0. I realised
> it was something to do with the keyboard and mouse, so without thinking said
> 'ignore' to everything.  Then it finished booting up.  I got to the login
> screen, but the keyboard and mouse weren't responding.  So I pressed the
> reset button.
> 
> It then rebooted but stopped after
> INIT: version 2.84 booting
> INIT: /etc/inittab(1):id field too long (max 4 characters)
> 
> The 1 was enclosed by square brackets not curved.  The following lines were
> virtually the same apart from the 1 changed through all the numbers through
> to 11 and the 'max 4' changed to 11 a couple of times.
> 
> Then it said:-
> Enter runlevel:
> 
> I rebooted into Windows and checked online about runlevel.  I then rebooted
> and tried typing 0 and then rebooting and tried 5.  With either number I got
> Enter runlevel: 0
> INIT: Entering runlevel: 0
> INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel
> 
> Once it got to this point, I couldn't do anything with the keyboard or
> mouse.  If I had had time to think about it I would have said remove
> configuration which I presume would have been for the other keyboard and
> mouse (the stress of the countdown) and then it would have probed for mine.
> 
> Now, I can't boot up, any help gratefully received.
> 
> Yours MORTIFIED
> 
> Janet
> 
> 
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