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NeddySeagoon
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auddoula,
The message means what it says - the check is forced after 35 mounts. Thats every 35 mounts.
Different filesystems are checked are different numbers of mounts - its all quite normal.
/etc/conf.d/rc was moved to /etc/rc.conf
You should merge the two files into /etc/rc.conf then rename /etc/conf.d/rc until you know your merge is good
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Thanks for the tutorial...
I rebooted, tried gdm (as root), logged into Gnome as a user -> the same old problem with terminal.. oh well.
ls -la /dev/pts (while in black screen as root)
did not yield tty, just like before..
Startx as a user takes me to Gnome, but the same problem with the terminals.. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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in reboot terminal as root
| Code: | umount /dev/pts
mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
gdm |
into gnome as monkey
no miracles, but maybe it runs once more
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auddoula
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Right, this is one of our solutions... I am already in Gnome as regular user and it works. It also works in KDE it appears. Since, I don't reboot often, this might be one way to go. Shall we leave devpts in the fstab then? right now I won't be able to add xdm on runlevel.
I should add, there is nothing to unmount since /dev/pts is not mounted. But the next mounting command seems to be the key to happiness here. Also, it works with gdm but not xdm...
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auddoula,
Yes, leave devpts in /etc/fstab for now but be prepared for a future glibc update to fail.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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rc.conf may be the source, good catch
http://bpaste.net/show/134143/contains a /etc/rc.conf believe a near match to yours except it includes enabling rc logging. Make sure your /etc/rc.conf is good.
| Code: | | mv /etc/conf.d/rc /etc/conf.d/rc.bak |
comment devpts line in fstab
reboot
login as a user
had forgotten the change and that /etc/conf.d/rc ever existed.. Dates back to baselayout1 to baselayout2 and openrc transition, I think.
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auddoula
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| Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| DONAHUE wrote: | rc.conf may be the source, good catch
http://bpaste.net/show/134143/contains a /etc/rc.conf believe a near match to yours except it includes enabling rc logging. Make sure your /etc/rc.conf is good.
| Code: | | mv /etc/conf.d/rc /etc/conf.d/rc.bak |
comment devpts line in fstab
reboot
login as a user
had forgotten the change. |
Good try.. but it took us back to our previous normal situation..
ls -la /dev/pts yields the same thing.
For now I will stick with our one solution, I changed the options for devpts in fstab to defaults, and it still works. I am a bit worried that there will many further issues especially if I try to add an internal drive sometime next week. Of course, I am not looking forward to glibc update failure...
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| Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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somewhere is some other crummy little left over file.
the umount, mount routine can be scripted.
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auddoula
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| Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| DONAHUE wrote: | somewhere is some other crummy little left over file.
the umount, mount routine can be scripted. |
could we then add xdm to the runlevel? |
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auddoula,
With the fstab change, xdm should still work in the defualt runlevel as fstab is actioned before xdm is started.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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yes, as long as scipt runs before xdm
Am I wrong? I thought the devpts in fstab failed to be a fix.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, I think fstab fix failed to solve our problem.. we still need mount -t devpts.. |
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auddoula,
Post your fstab file so we can see the devpts entry that doesn't work
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| Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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here is the fstab:
http://bpaste.net/show/134157
I tried both options/entries for devpts without a clear success. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:09 am Post subject: |
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to check fstab do the working procedure except just | Code: | umount /dev/pts
mount /dev/pts
gdm |
instead of long form mount
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| OK, I will test this. what is the easiest way to quit current gdm, without rebooting? |
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auddoula
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:27 am Post subject: |
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| DONAHUE wrote: | to check fstab do the working procedure except just | Code: | umount /dev/pts
mount /dev/pts
gdm |
instead of long form mount |
I followed this procedure, except the first line since pts is not mounted after a reboot.
It works, however, ls -la /dev/pts yields a large number of entries: 0 through 16. |
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| Quote: | | I followed this procedure, except the first line since pts is not mounted after a reboot. |
you may be thinking tty?
I'm punchy but memory is that:
reboot, login as root, | Quote: | total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Sep 20 23:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 6300 Sep 21 03:59 .. |
If so mount /dev/pts may be going race or old style, making a fixed number of terminals (wnen already mounted).
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auddoula
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:48 am Post subject: |
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OK, I think i started to understand the meaning of /dev/pts. I am back to KDE where I have a number of terminals scattered over several desktops. So, this is just fine. So, no worries, it worked just fine.
I have been multitasking most of the day.. this is when I know I need to call it a day. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:54 am Post subject: |
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I shall try to learn to write runscripts .... sleep well
fstab works but not when first called
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After a few hours of clumsy scripting, I have a runscript intended to fix your problem. I can guarantee the script did my systems no harm. As I am not suffering your problem only you can determine if it fixes your system:
open an editor for /etc/init.d/rp .
Edit to: | Quote: | #!/sbin/runscript
description="Remount /dev/pts."
depend() {
before xdm
}
start() {
ebegin "Starting rp"
echo $(date) > /root/rpo
chown root:tty /dev/ptmx
if echo $(ls -al /dev/pts) | grep -q "rw--w----"
then echo "A tty is already present in /dev/pts, remounting /dev/pts." >> /root/rpo
mount -o remount,rw -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
else echo "A tty is not present in /dev/pts, umounting /dev/pts, then mounting /dev/pts." >> /root/rpo
umount /dev/pts
mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
fi
ls -al /dev/ptmx >> /root/rpo
ls -al /dev/pts >> /root/rpo
return 0
}
stop() {
ebegin "Stopping rp"
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make it executable | Code: | | chmod +x /etc/init.d/rp |
edit /etc/conf.d/xdm to
| Quote: | | DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm" |
I tested with gdm, feel free to change to any DM after your test. Add rp and xpm to the default run level. | Code: | rc-update add rp default
rc-update add xdm default |
And test: Hopefully greeted by the fancy blue login screen. Much of the script is dedicated to providing extraneous somewhat interesting information in /root/rpo, enjoy reading.
edit to /etc/conf.d/xdm vice /etc/init.d/xdm
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Thank you.. By now, I am brave enough to try it out. I will do that sometime tomorrow, taking a weekend break from computer problems and dealing with sore throat ..  |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| DONAHUE wrote: | | open an editor for /etc/init.d/xdm , edit to . |
The current xdm I have does not look like the one I worked with last time around. It talks about different cases, and not sure where i can set gdm as the default. Before I was able to select 'gdm' as the displaymanager.. I might be able to set:
MY_XDM=$(echo "${DISPLAYMANAGER}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
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MY_XDM=gdm
I suppose, but I wanted to make sure before making any silly errors. Just in case, here is my xdm file:
wgetpaste /etc/init.d/xdm
Your paste can be seen here: http://bpaste.net/show/134741/ |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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edit /etc/conf.d/xdm to
| Quote: | | DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm" |
good catch!
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Success! I can login as a user both in Gnome and KDE. I wonder if it is a good time webrsync and update the world to see if everything is line.. |
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