RE: [Fwd: INIT:Id "x" respawning too fast: disable for 5 minutes]

From: Don (7mgte_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 03/02/04

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    [mailto:fedora-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Don
    Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 05:51 PM
    To: fedora-list@redhat.com
    Subject: RE: [OT-RH9] SOLVED -> INIT Respawning Problem

    Thanks Tommy!
    Per your directions, did
    $ ls -l /dev/tty[3-6]
    tty3 - tty6 all showed "input/output error"
    Ended up doing
    rm --force tty3
    as the file was really corrupt. Read the man on MAKEDEV and actually used
    the -S and -n options to see the exact commands, then used them to recreate
    the tty's. Everything seems to be back to normal now.
    Thanks again!!
    Don

    -----Original Message-----
    From: fedora-list-admin@redhat.com
    [mailto:fedora-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Tommy Reynolds
    Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:55 AM
    To: fedora-list@redhat.com
    Subject: Re: [OT-RH9] INIT Respawning Problem

    Uttered "Don" <7mgte@earthlink.net>, spake thus:
    > INIT: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.
    > INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.
    > INIT: Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.
    > INIT: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.
    >
    > Now I am guessing the IDs represent either runlevels or virtual terminals
    > (only alt-F1 and alt-F2 seem to do anything) and that the X server is
    > somehow corrupted I cannot get XFree86 to start.
    The "id" is the first field from the offending line in
    "/etc/inittab".
    > 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
    > 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
    > 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
    > 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
    Each /dev/tty[3-6] is a virtual terminal implemented by the kernel
    itself, so you _will_ have them. Make sure you have the correct
    entries. Here are mine:
    $ ls -l /dev/tty[3-6]
    crw------- 1 root root 4, 3 Feb 6 09:05 /dev/tty3
    crw------- 1 root root 4, 4 Feb 6 09:05 /dev/tty4
    crw------- 1 root root 4, 5 Feb 6 09:05 /dev/tty5
    crw------- 1 root root 4, 6 Feb 6 09:05 /dev/tty6
    Make sure these haven't been deleted or corrupted. If so, restore
    them using MAKEDEV. Do a "man MAKEDEV" to find out more.
    > Some other suggested solutions refer to possible file corruption, but
    > provide no information on identifying which files might be corrupt or how
    to
    > restore them. If it is a file corruption problem, is the only solution to
    > re-install?
    See above.
    > Any suggestions on where to look for a complete debugging guide/solution
    to
    > this problem will be greatly appreciated!!
    1) Never try to debug X11 in runlevel 5; you are correctly using
    runlevel 3 for this.
    2) Don't try to jimmie the X11 configuration scripts yet. Once INIT
    has been mollified, try to reconfigure X11: this is the #1 trouble
    shooting technique for X11 problems. Just do a:
    # redhat-config-xfree86
    and accept the defaults. Immediately try to:
    # startx
    and see what happens.

    Cheers! 

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From: fedora-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-admin@redhat.com]On
Behalf Of Grandad
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 07:13 PM
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Subject: [Fwd: INIT:Id "x" respawning too fast: disable for 5 minutes]
Good morning,
I know you have received this before but I sent it from the wrong address so
maybe that was why I didn't look like a subscriber. Having  to go back to
the M$ box has caused some problems.
Gordon
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: INIT:Id "x" respawning too fast:
disable for 5 minutes
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 06:10:58 +1000
From: Gordon & Mary <lyles02@tpg.com.au>
Reply-To: lyles02@tpg.com.au
To: fedora-list@redhat.com
This is the message I have had for three days since a reboot following
installing the updates which included a lot of XFree86 stuff. I am at
the upper end of the age envelope of subscribers you would expect to
find on this site and did not grow up with Linux so please be gentle
with me.
I have run the CD to try and upgrade and have run the F5 Linux Rescue
from the CD.
I have Googled the problem but am not able to understand the info
avaliable.
Could some kind soul please give me line by line instructions.
Thank you in anticipation,
Gordon
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