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# 8  
Old 01-26-2011
I am, in the process of learning but until I'm finished learning there somethings I don't know, one of them being how to edit a file in terminal. And besides it's not just me that's making the kernel you know

Last edited by neur0n; 01-26-2011 at 08:14 AM..
# 9  
Old 01-26-2011
Could you post the complete contents of the /etc/inittab file? Because I know of no modern distribution that would boot to runlevel 2 (Multi-User, no network) by default.
# 10  
Old 01-26-2011
If run level 2 is multi user, no network, there was an option that said something about setting up network, etc and I kinda just told it not to setup network, because I do not have a network connection on Linux. Maybe this cause it to use runlevel 2. I use a network adapter for network connection for which Linux does not provide a driver for. The contents of inttab are:
Code:
# /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration.
# $Id: inittab,v 1.91 2002/01/25 13:35:21 miquels Exp $

# The default runlevel.
id:2:initdefault:

# Boot-time system configuration/initialization script.
# This is run first except when booting in emergency (-b) mode.
si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS

# What to do in single-user mode.
~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin

# /etc/init.d executes the S and K scripts upon change
# of runlevel.
#
# Runlevel 0 is halt.
# Runlevel 1 is single-user.
# Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user.
# Runlevel 6 is reboot.

l0:0:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 6
# Normally not reached, but fallthrough in case of emergency.
z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin

# What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now

# Action on special keypress (ALT-UpArrow).
#kb::kbrequest:/bin/echo "Keyboard Request--edit /etc/inittab to let this work."

# What to do when the power fails/returns.
pf::powerwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail start
pn::powerfailnow:/etc/init.d/powerfail now
po::powerokwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail stop

# /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels.
#
# The "id" field MUST be the same as the last
# characters of the device (after "tty").
#
# Format:
#  <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
#
# Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
# so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run X.
#
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6

# Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)
#
#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
#T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100

# Example how to put a getty on a modem line.
#
#T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3


Last edited by neur0n; 01-26-2011 at 10:39 AM..
# 11  
Old 01-26-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by pludi
Could you post the complete contents of the /etc/inittab file? Because I know of no modern distribution that would boot to runlevel 2 (Multi-User, no network) by default.
Debian is unusual in that runlevel 2 is the default for an OOTB install. In fact, for an OOTB install runlevels 2-5 are identical. See RunLevel - Debian Wiki
# 12  
Old 01-27-2011
I know this is slightly off topic, but I also tried installing Slackware and at start up it says something about undefined video number: 305. Is there a trend in these errors? I installed ubuntu to see if other distros acted like the other two but it worked fine without startup errors. What is going on with debian and slackware?
# 13  
Old 01-27-2011
Is the message you are getting more like:
Code:
undefined video mode number : 305, type space to continue, enter to chose one mode or wait 30 sec.

# 14  
Old 01-28-2011
yes that's the one

why? does this imply something?

Last edited by neur0n; 01-28-2011 at 08:31 PM..
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