boot issue

[rgraf]

Hello,
I have a strange problem with an Openserver system on reboot. It is version 5.0.6 and has all patches applied. It doesn't get rebooted but once or twice a year from maintenance so it's not a huge issue but it is bugging me.

When the system is booted and goes into multi user mode the main console screen goes blank near the end of the boot process. I do not get a login prompt or any display of any kind on any of the console multi screens.

The system has booted just fine but in order to get the console screens to display a login prompt I have to go to a pc and log into the system via ssh, su to root, and then run a ps -ef command. What I find is there is a "sleep 1000000" process running. When I kill this process the system console multiscreens display correctly again.

Does anyone have any idea where this "sleep 1000000" process is coming from or how I can correct this issue.

Appreciate the input
Thaks,
Rob

 

[fredericofonseca]

look at /etc/rc2.d files

and at /etc/inittab

and at the cron entries. (man cron)



Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

 

[motoslide]

It sounds like somebody made a mistake on a startup script. Those long "sleep" commands are a common method to hold serial port settings, but should be executing in background. As Frederico stated, you should find something in one of the /etc/rc2.d commands. Other places to look:
/etc/rc.d/8
/etc/idrc.d

I think the scripts in /etc/rc2.d are designed to timeout if they don't complete in 120 seconds.

 

[rgraf]

Thanks for the tips guys. The offending entry was in the /etc/idrc.d directory and was trying to call a driver that had been removed from the system.

Appreciate the help !
Rob