Re: Have problem with linux not being able to shutdown!

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Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 00:00

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Staff (ToowoombaCC@b022.aone.net.au) wrote:
: Mathew Boorman wrote:
: > 
: > Neil Rawlings wrote:
: > > Hi can anybody tell me what might be wrong? i have installed linux ver 1.2.13
: > > and got it all running ok, got my 8 port card to work, but when i try to shut
: > > the system down it comes up : "shutdown already running" this is a real weird
: > > one but there is probably a simple answer to it, if anyone has the answer could

I had this hassle also.
The problem on my setup was a disagreement between /etc/inittab and
/etc/rc.d/rc.[046]

Slackware used to (still does?) use runlevel 6 to run X.
But the inittab that comes with sysvinit has reboot&halt as runlevels 0 & 6
and X as runlevel 4.

Edit these files accordingly and problem disappears.
also /etc/rc.d/rc.S should remove all stale locks on startup.

Hope this helps,
JP

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Date: 1996/05/02
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