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greening
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 Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 12:19 am Post subject: errors |
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Okay, here are the problems I'm having. I was trying to install Mozilla. It would get to a certain point (one of the folders ended in /viewsrc). I would emerge, it'd get to one point, then the second time, it would go to /viewsrc and stop. If I tried to do it any after that, it would stop at that point. So, I tried updating my system files. And all went well. Then, when emerging mozilla, it would say that it couldn't remove a folder in /var/tmp/mozilla-1.0-r2 (something to that effect). I went in (as root) and tried removing them, and it said something about me not having permission (the standard message). So, I tried rebooting. Here's where the main question comes in. It would boot, I would look for errors, but I wouldn't see any. The it gets to where it fscks the filesystems, it would say for /dev/hdb3 (where / is):
| Code: | *Some errror, goes by too fast to read and write down
*Filesystem repaired
... (agian, another error that goes by too fast to read and write down) but was for /dev/hdb1 (boot)
*Filesystem errors corrected
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... (Bringing up eth0, etc)
*Starting local
(LONG pause)
INIT: Id "c1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: Id "c6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel
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And it will just sit there. If I press Alt+F2, it would just go to a blank screen with a flashing cursor at the top. How can I get these problems to go away?
Also, I soon gave up with that and decided to just reinstall gentoo completely. I deleted the partitions, rebooted, made new partitions, rebooted. I would then mount the partitions and chrooted like normal but all my stuff was still there. This was just an FYI, I would rather not reinstall, but if necessary, I will.
Thanks for the help,
Glenn |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 1:26 am Post subject: |
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| I would try to emerge baselayout that should fix your init |
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greening
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 2:16 am Post subject: |
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well, the INIT lines go away but, I still can't login. It just sits there after Starting local. Let me see if I can get those fsck errors...
Glenn |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 2:41 am Post subject: |
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I had a similar problem after a kernel compilation. I recompile it and it was fine (something with frame buffer, or in character device). you can boot on gentoo cd, mount your partition and read your /var/log/message log or every boot log file. This can be a usefull help. else you can mount all your hdd patition, do a chroot and then delete you tmp files, remerge mozilla or unmerge some stuff... I would be surprise that you can't find any other way than a complete reinstall... 
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greening
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 3:55 am Post subject: |
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Okay, here's what it says:
| Code: | # rm -rf /var/tmp/portage
rm: cannot remove '/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-1.0.1-r2/work/mozilla/other-licenses/freetype/src/winfonts/rules.mk': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-1.0.1-r2/work/mozilla/other-licenses/freetype/src/winfonts/winfonts.c': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-1.0.1-r2/work/mozilla/other-licenses/freetype/src/winfonts/winfonts.h': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-1.0.1-r2/work/mozilla/other-licenses/freetype/src/winfonts/modules.mk': Permission denied |
I couldn't find a log of the boot sequence, so I couldn't post that.
Thanks for the help
Glenn
Also, I recompiled my kernel and rebooted, and it still does that fsck thing and it then tells me that it can't calculate the modules (when it gets to that line (but, I also don't have any modules that I know of)). Thanks again |
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greening
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone else have any ideas...?
Thanks for the help,
Glenn |
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pjp
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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Are you root when you try to remove /var/tmp/portage? What directory are you in when you try to do that? You should be able to remove it.
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greening
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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That's what I was thinking. When I first tried, I was root. But, the past couple times I've been trying, I have been having to boot off the cd and chroot to /mnt/gentoo. The first time, I believe I was in /root, the past several times, I've been in /.
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pjp
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:04 am Post subject: |
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Are you certain you are mounting the filesystems as read-write?
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greening
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:14 am Post subject: |
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Here's what I type (always have been doing it like this):
| Code: | mkdir /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hdb3 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
chroot /mnt/gentoo |
And my partitions are as follows:
hdb1 = boot (100mb)
hdb2 = swap (1280mb)
hdb3 = root (60gb)
Thanks again,
Glenn |
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ebrostig
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:27 am Post subject: |
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| greening wrote: | Here's what I type (always have been doing it like this):
| Code: | mkdir /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hdb3 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
chroot /mnt/gentoo |
And my partitions are as follows:
hdb1 = boot (100mb)
hdb2 = swap (1280mb)
hdb3 = root (60gb)
Thanks again,
Glenn |
Ok, why don't you try the following:
1. cd /mnt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage
2. chown -R root.root mozilla*
3. rm -rf mozilla*
This will at least change the ownership of the files to root and then try to remove only the Mozilla subdirectory. You should be allowed this since you are now the owner.
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greening
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 2:01 am Post subject: |
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Odd, this is what it says:
| Code: | chown: failed to get attributes of '/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-1.0.1-r2/work/mozilla/other-licenses/freetype/src/winfonts/rules.mk': Permission denied
chown: failed to get attributes of '/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-1.0.1-r2/work/mozilla/other-licenses/freetype/src/winfonts/winfonts.c': Permission denied
chown: failed to get attributes of '/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-1.0.1-r2/work/mozilla/other-licenses/freetype/src/winfonts/winfonts.h': Permission denied
chown: failed to get attributes of '/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-1.0.1-r2/work/mozilla/other-licenses/freetype/src/winfonts/modules.mk': Permission denied |
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Glenn |
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rac
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 2:02 am Post subject: |
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If this is an ext2/ext3 filesystem, maybe chattr will help you.
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ebrostig
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 2:04 am Post subject: |
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| greening wrote: | Odd, this is what it says:
| Code: | chown: failed to get attributes of '/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-1.0.1-r2/work/mozilla/other-licenses/freetype/src/winfonts/rules.mk': Permission denied
chown: failed to get attributes of '/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-1.0.1-r2/work/mozilla/other-licenses/freetype/src/winfonts/winfonts.c': Permission denied
chown: failed to get attributes of '/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-1.0.1-r2/work/mozilla/other-licenses/freetype/src/winfonts/winfonts.h': Permission denied
chown: failed to get attributes of '/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-1.0.1-r2/work/mozilla/other-licenses/freetype/src/winfonts/modules.mk': Permission denied |
Thanks,
Glenn |
Try to boot off the CD and then mount the drives as you said you did earlier and then run the command.
That way it should not have any attributes set or locked.
Chattr can also help (maybe), but best bet is to boot from the CD and then mount and change the ownership and remove the files.
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greening
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 3:24 am Post subject: |
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I did. I can't boot w/o the cd...
Glenn |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 7:44 am Post subject: |
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quoth ebrostig:
| Quote: | Ok, why don't you try the following:
1. cd /mnt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage
2. chown -R root.root mozilla*
3. rm -rf mozilla*
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I don't know if this is a typo, but it should be:
chown -R root:root mozilla*
(note the colon instead of the dot  )
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rac
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 7:57 am Post subject: |
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| robie1373 wrote: | I don't know if this is a typo, but it should be:
chown -R root:root mozilla*
(note the colon instead of the dot ) |
GNU chown will accept either syntax.
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greening
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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Anything else? 
Glenn |
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ebrostig
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| greening wrote: | I did. I can't boot w/o the cd...
Glenn |
If that is the case, you need to do :
rm -rf /mnt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage ...... (see post above)
If you do rm -rf /var/tmp..... you are trying to delete from the CD not from your HD.
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greening
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| Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 12:09 am Post subject: |
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Okay, I did that and it still doesn't work. It just says the same thing. Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Glenn |
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ebrostig
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| Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 12:15 am Post subject: |
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| greening wrote: | Okay, I did that and it still doesn't work. It just says the same thing. Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Glenn |
Yes... But this involves tracing the delete command on system level.
Do you have strace installed? If not emerge it
Then run strace -ff -o <name of tracefile> rm -rf .....
This will trace the rm command and document where it barfs. Then take a look at the tracefile generated and paste in let's say the last 100 lines and I'll take a look at it.
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rac
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| Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 12:32 am Post subject: |
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Do we know what filesystem type we're dealing with yet? I'm assuming it's not ext[23], since the chattr suggestion went over like a bag of rocks. Is grsecurity enabled in the kernel?
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| Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 12:43 am Post subject: |
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Oh and one thing i forgot earlier:
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I couldn't find a log of the boot sequence, so I couldn't post that. |
You can list the bootlog with the command: dmesg
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greening
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| Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 2:15 am Post subject: |
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| rac wrote: | | Do we know what filesystem type we're dealing with yet? I'm assuming it's not ext[23], since the chattr suggestion went over like a bag of rocks. Is grsecurity enabled in the kernel? |
Sorry, I forogot to mention. I am using ReiserFS.
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Glenn |
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greening
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| Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 4:09 am Post subject: |
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Well, when I boot off the cd, I can't startx (says it can't find the nvidia-kernel module, so I try to emerge it but it does no good) so I can't post what strace says (I really don't want to write down 100 or so lines of stuff down then type it here)... And I don't know how to copy with just lynx and nano (I know, I'm not too smart)... Any other suggestions? I skimmed through the file, and it pretty much just said that I didn't have permission to be messing with those 4 files...
Thanks,
Glenn |
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