errors on boot?

[Fence36]

After installing gentoo, I get the following errors after "almost" very service starts.

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sbin/rc line59:Most:Command Not Found

Anyone have suggestions?

[Fence36]

Does it have something to do with my default runlevel?

[Sven Vermeulen]

Can you list which services do start, and which services start after the error (or does the whole system fail after the error?)?

I don't see any errors on /sbin/rc:59 (it doesn't contain execute-code there, but "fi" statements), I think there is a wrong setting somewhere in /etc/conf.d.

[Fence36]

This is what happens:

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*Caching service dependencies.                                                   [ok]
bash: line59: Most: Command Not Found
bash: line59: Most: Command Not Found
bash: line59: Most: Command Not Found
bash: line59: Most: Command Not Found
bash: line59: Most: Command Not Found
bash: line59: Most: Command Not Found
bash: line59: Most: Command Not Found
bash: line59: Most: Command Not Found
bash: line59: Most: Command Not Found
bash: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
*Bringing eth0 down                                                      [ok]
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
*Cleaning /var/lock, /var/run                                            [ok]
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
xargs: environment is too large for exec
*Cleaning /tmp
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found
/sbin/rc: line59: Most: Command Not Found

it does this continuously when:
setting user font
loading key mappings
bringing lo up
init random number generator
init: entering run level 3
starting metalog
bringing eth0 up
mounting network filesystems

[spooon]

Is there any extra whitespace or line returns around line 59 in /sbin/rc? Having a line return, but not being able to see it would be the result of not running nano with the "-w" flag. Something might have crept in there while you were configuring your system.

Run "nano -w /sbin/rc" or use another editor, like vim.

[Fence36]

Is there any extra whitespace or line returns around line 59 in /sbin/rc?

No there are just fi statements.

[spooon]

Post the lines surrounding line 59 in /sbin/rc, the lines surrounding line 59 of /etc/inittab, the output of

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grep -C 10 -n Most /sbin/rc

and the output of

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grep -C 10 -n Most /etc/inittab

[tphamm]

Just a guess...search for a line in your /etc/rc.conf file that reads "Most users want this:" (or any other occurrence of the word "Most").

[Fence36]

Here is my /sbin/rc file

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#!/bin/bash
# Copyright 1999-2003 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/sbin/rc,v 1.51 2003/05/12 21:23:05 azarah Exp $


trap ":" INT QUIT TSTP
source /sbin/functions.sh
umask 022

try() {
	local errstr=
	local retval=0
	# This works fine in test, but real life booting, fails for mounting /proc
	# if we only check $? for instance ...  We thus need to [ -n "${errstr}" ]
	# as well.
	
	errstr="$((eval $*) 2>&1 >/dev/null)"
	retval=$?
	if [ "${retval}" -ne 0 ] || \
	   ([ "${*/mount/}" != "$*" -a -n "${errstr}" ])
	then
		echo -e "${ENDCOL}${NORMAL}[${BAD} oops ${NORMAL}]"
		echo
		eerror "The \"${1}\" command failed with error:"
		echo
		echo "${errstr#*: }"
		echo
		eerror "Since this is a critical task, startup cannot continue."
		echo
		/sbin/sulogin ${CONSOLE}
		einfo "Unmounting filesystems"
		/bin/mount -a -o remount,ro & >/dev/null
		einfo "Rebooting"
		/sbin/reboot -f
	fi
	
	return ${retval}
}

# Check that $svcdir exists ...
check_statedir() {
	if [ ! -d "${svcdir}" ] 
	then
		if ! mkdir -p "${svcdir}" &> /dev/null
		then
			echo
			eerror "For Gentoo Linux to function properly, \"${svcdir}\" need to exist."
			eerror "Please mount your root partition read/write, and execute:"
			echo
			eerror "  # mkdir -p ${svcdir}"
			echo; echo
			/sbin/sulogin ${CONSOLE}
			einfo "Unmounting filesystems"
			/bin/mount -a -o remount,ro & >/dev/null
			einfo "Rebooting"
			/sbin/reboot -f
		fi
	fi
}

# Save $1
argv1="$1"

# First time boot stuff goes here.  Note that 'sysinit' is an internal runlevel
# used to bring up local filesystems, and should not be started with /sbin/rc
# directly ...
if [ "${RUNLEVEL}" = "S" -a "${argv1}" = "sysinit" ]
then
	# Setup initial $PATH just in case
	PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:${PATH}"

	echo
	echo -e "${GOOD}Gentoo Linux${GENTOO_VERS}; \e[34;01mhttp://www.gentoo.org/${NORMAL}"
	echo -e " Copyright 2001-2003 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.; Distributed under the GPL"
	echo

	ebegin "Mounting proc at /proc"
	try mount -n /proc
	eend $?

	if [ -d /sys -a "$(get_KV)" -ge "$(KV_to_int '2.5.0')" ]
	then
		ebegin "Mounting sysfs at /sys"
		mount -t sysfs none /sys
		eend $?
	
	elif [ "$(get_KV)" -ge "$(KV_to_int '2.5.0')" ]
	then
		ewarn "No /sys to mount sysfs needed in 2.5+ kernels!"
	fi

	# Check if the user disabled devfs
	devfs="yes"
	if get_bootparam "nodevfs"
	then
		devfs="no"
	fi
	
	# Fix weird bug where there is a /dev/.devfsd in a unmounted /dev
	mymounts="$(awk '($3 == "devfs") { print "yes"; exit 0 }' /proc/mounts)"
	if [ -e "/dev/.devfsd" -a "${mymounts}" != "yes" ]
	then
		rm -f /dev/.devfsd
	fi

	# With the new way, /dev can be mounted by the kernel ...
	if [ "${devfs}" = "yes" -a ! -e "/dev/.devfsd" ]
	then
		mymounts="$(awk '($2 == "devfs") { print "yes"; exit 0 }' /proc/filesystems)"
		# Is devfs support compiled in?
		if [ "${mymounts}" = "yes" ]
		then
			ebegin "Mounting devfs at /dev"
			try mount -n -t devfs none /dev
			eend $?
		else
			clear
			echo
			einfo "The Gentoo Linux system initialization scripts have detected that your"
			einfo "kernel has been compiled without DEVFS support.  Because Gentoo Linux"
			einfo "has been designed to work with DEVFS, it is required that you compile"
			einfo "support for it into your kernel.  Please read the 'Gentoo Linux from"
			einfo "source (build) CD Installation Guide' at:"
			echo
			einfo "    http://www.gentoo.org/doc/build.html"
			echo
			einfo "for more information on how to do this."
			echo
			read -t 15 -p "(hit Enter to continue or wait 15 seconds...)"
		fi
	fi

	# From linux-2.5.68 we need to mount /dev/pts again ...
	if [ "$(get_KV)" -ge "$(KV_to_int '2.5.68')" ]
	then
		have_devpts="$(awk '($2 == "devpts") { print "yes"; exit 0 }' /proc/filesystems)"
		mymounts="$(awk '($3 == "devfs") { print "yes"; exit 0 }' /proc/mounts)"

		if [ "${have_devpts}" = "yes" ]
		then
			# Only try to create /dev/pts if we have /dev mounted as devfs,
			# else it might fail as / might be still mounted readonly.
			if [ ! -d /dev/pts -a -e "/dev/.devfsd" -a "${mymounts}" = "yes" ]
			then
				# Make sure we have /dev/pts
				mkdir -p /dev/pts &> /dev/null
			fi

			if [ -d /dev/pts ]
			then
				ebegin "Mounting devpts at /dev/pts"
				try mount -n -t devpts none /dev/pts
				eend $?
			fi
		fi
	fi

	# Need devfsd running now so that /dev/ram0 exists if we need it
	mymounts="$(awk '($3 == "devfs") { print "yes"; exit 0 }' /proc/mounts)"
	if [ "${devfs}" = "yes" -a -e "/dev/.devfsd" -a \
	     "${mymounts}" = "yes" ]
	then
		ebegin "Starting devfsd"
		/sbin/devfsd /dev > /dev/null
		eend $?
	fi

	# Mount either a ramdisk or tmpfs if requested.
	# we do this to temp mount, until we can get /var mounted ...
	tsvcdir="/mnt/.init.d"
	
	# Should we use tmpfs or a ramdisk for caching dependency and
	# general initscript data?  Note that the 'gentoo=tmpfs' kernel
	# option should override most settings ...
	if get_bootparam "tmpfs" || \
	   [ "${svcmount}" = "yes" -a "${svcfstype}" = "tmpfs" ]
	then
		mkdir -p "${tsvcdir}" &> /dev/null
		
		ebegin "Mounting tmpfs at ${tsvcdir}"
		try mount -n -t tmpfs tmpfs "${tsvcdir}" \
			-o rw,mode=0644,size="${svcsize}"k
		eend 0
		
	elif get_bootparam "ramfs" || \
	     [ "${svcmount}" = "yes" -a "${svcfstype}" = "ramfs" ]
	then
		mkdir -p "${tsvcdir}"
		
		ebegin "Mounting ramdisk 0 at ${tsvcdir}"
		try dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ram0 bs=1k count="${svcsize}"
		try /sbin/mke2fs -i 1024 -vm0 /dev/ram0 "${svcsize}"
		try mount -n -t ext2 /dev/ram0 "${tsvcdir}" -o rw
		eend 0
	fi

	if get_bootparam "adelie"
	then
		einfo "Server/Node low-level initialisation..."
		
		# Saving the kernel attributed hostname to a file for future
		# initialisation selection: see /etc/init.d/switch.
		echo "$(< /proc/sys/kernel/hostname)" > "${svcdir}/hostname"

		if checkserver
		then
			# For server we do pretty much a standard boot ...
			einfo "Server detected."
		else
			#
			# Low-level Node Initialisation
			#
			einfo "Node detected."

			init_node
		fi
	fi

	# If a Adelie server, or normal Gentoo box, init swap ...
	if checkserver
	then
		# Swap needs to be activated *after* devfs has been mounted and *after*
		# devfsd has been started, so that the fstab can be properly parsed
		# and only if the server/Gentoo box is initialized ...
		ebegin "Activating (possible) swap"
		/sbin/swapon -a &> /dev/null
		eend 0
	fi

	# Set the console loglevel to 1 for a cleaner boot
	# the logger should anyhow dump the ring-0 buffer at start to the
	# logs, and that with dmesg can be used to check for problems
	/bin/dmesg -n 1

	# $BOOT can be used by rc-scripts to test if it is the first time
	# the 'boot' runlevel is executed.  Now also needed by some stuff in
	# the 'sysinit' runlevel ...
	export BOOT="yes"
	# I want to get rid of $BOOT, as SOFTLEVEL *should* be used instead ..
	export SOFTLEVEL="boot"

	start_critical_service() {
		local retval=
			
		source "/etc/init.d/${x}" || error "Failed to source /etc/init.d/${x}"
		retval=$?
		[ "${retval}" -ne 0 ] && return "${retval}"
			
		start || eerror "Failed to start /etc/init.d/${x}"
		retval=$?

		return "${retval}"
	}
	
	# We do not want to break compadibility, so we do not fully integrate
	# these into /sbin/rc, but rather start them by hand ...
	for x in checkroot hostname modules checkfs localmount
	do
		if ! start_critical_service "${x}"
		then
			echo
			eerror "One of more critical startup scripts failed to start!"
			eerror "Please correct this, and reboot ..."
			echo; echo
			/sbin/sulogin ${CONSOLE}
			einfo "Unmounting filesystems"
			/bin/mount -a -o remount,ro & >/dev/null
			einfo "Rebooting"
			/sbin/reboot -f
		fi
	done

	# Check that $svcdir exists ...
	check_statedir

	# Since we are using tmpfs or ramfs, just bin to $tsvcdir to $svcdir
	if get_bootparam "tmpfs" || get_bootparam "ramfs" || [ "${svcmount}" = "yes" ]
	then
		mount --bind "${tsvcdir}" "${svcdir}"
	fi

	# Clear $svcdir from stale entries
	rm -rf "${svcdir}"/*

	# Update the dependency cache
	/sbin/depscan.sh

	# Now that the dependency cache are up to date, make sure these
	# are marked as started ...
	for x in checkroot hostname modules checkfs localmount
	do
		ln -snf "/etc/init.d/${x}" "${svcdir}/started/${x}"
	done
	
fi # Sysinit ends here

if [ "${RUNLEVEL}" = "S" -a "${argv1}" = "boot" ]
then
	# $BOOT can be used by rc-scripts to test if it is the first time
	# the 'boot' runlevel is executed
	export BOOT="yes"
	# I want to get rid of $BOOT, as SOFTLEVEL *should* be used instead ..
	export SOFTLEVEL="boot"
fi

if [ "${argv1}" = "sysinit" ]
then
	exit 0
fi


source "${svclib}/sh/rc-services.sh"
source "${svclib}/sh/rc-daemon.sh"

if [ -f "${svcdir}/softlevel" ]
then
	# Set OLDSOFTLEVEL if we had a valid SOFTLEVEL
	export OLDSOFTLEVEL="$(< ${svcdir}/softlevel)"
else
	export OLDSOFTLEVEL=
fi
	
if [ -z "${argv1}" ]
then
	if [ -f "${svcdir}/softlevel" ]
	then
		export SOFTLEVEL="$(< ${svcdir}/softlevel)"
	else
		export SOFTLEVEL="boot"
	fi
else
	export SOFTLEVEL="${argv1}"
fi

if [ ! -f "${svcdir}/softlevel" ]
then
	echo "${SOFTLEVEL}" > "${svcdir}/softlevel"
fi

# For keeping a list of services that fails during boot/halt
if [ ! -d "${svcdir}/failed" ]
then
	install -d -m0755 "${svcdir}/failed"
else
	rm -rf "${svcdir}"/failed/*
fi

if [ "${SOFTLEVEL}" = "reboot" -o "${SOFTLEVEL}" = "shutdown" ]
then
	myscripts=

elif [ "${SOFTLEVEL}" = "single" ]
then
	myscripts="checkroot hostname modules checkfs localmount"
	
elif [ ! -d "/etc/runlevels/${SOFTLEVEL}" ]
then
	eerror "ERROR:  runlevel ${SOFTLEVEL} does not exist; exiting..."
	exit 1
else
	myscripts=
	if [ "${SOFTLEVEL}" != "boot" ]
	then
		# Normal runlevels *include* boot scripts
		mylevels="$(dolisting "/etc/runlevels/${SOFTLEVEL}/")"
		mylevels="${mylevels} $(dolisting /etc/runlevels/boot/)"
	else
		# Non-normal runlevels don't include boot scripts as default
		mylevels="$(dolisting "/etc/runlevels/${SOFTLEVEL}/")"
	fi
	
	[ "${OLDSOFTLEVEL}" = "boot" -o "${OLDSOFTLEVEL}" = "single" ] \
		&& /bin/dmesg -n 1
	
	for x in ${mylevels}
	do
		[ -L "${x}" ] && myscripts="${myscripts} ${x##*/}"
	done
fi

# The softscripts dir contains all scripts that belong to the
# runlevel specified in ${svcdir}/softlevel
# It needs to be a new directory, else when stopping the services
# and the old directory is not intact, things get broken

install -d -m0755 "${svcdir}/softscripts.new"

for x in ${myscripts}
do
	if [ ! -e "/etc/init.d/${x}" ]
	then
		ewarn "WARNING:  /etc/init.d/${x} missing; skipping..."
		continue
	fi
	# The -f eliminates a warning if the symlink already exists, 
	# which can happen if a service is in both the boot level and
	# the current "normal" runlevel
	ln -snf "/etc/init.d/${x}" "${svcdir}/softscripts.new/${x}"
done

dep_stop() {
	local x=
	local dep=
	local needsme=
	local myservice=
	local depservice=
	
	[ ! -L "$1" ] && continue
	
	if [ ! -e "$1" ]
	then
		# Remove dud symlinks
		rm -f "$1"
		
		continue
	fi
	
	myservice="${1##*/}"

	# Candidate for zapping
	if [ ! -L "${svcdir}/softscripts.new/${myservice}" ]
	then
		# If this is a 'net' service, we do not want to stop it if it was
		# not in the previous runlevel, and we are not shutting down,
		# rebooting or going to single runlevel.  This is because the user
		# might have started it (net.ppp?), or possibly hotplug ...
		if [ "${myservice%%.*}" = "net" -a \
		     "${myservice##*.}" != "${myservice}" ] && \
		   [ "${SOFTLEVEL}" != "reboot" -a \
		     "${SOFTLEVEL}" != "shutdown" -a \
		     "${SOFTLEVEL}" != "single" ]
		then
			if [ -n "${OLDSOFTLEVEL}" ] && \
			   ! in_runlevel "${myservice}" "${OLDSOFTLEVEL}"
			then
				# This service is not in the previous runlevel, so
				# do not stop it ...
				continue
			fi
		fi

		# Should not work for 'use'
		if [ -z "$(needsme "${myservice}")" ]
		then
			# Nothing depends on me
			stop_service "${myservice}"
		else
			# Something may depend on me
			needsme=0
			
			for dep in $(needsme "${myservice}")
			do
				if service_started "${dep}" && \
				   [ -L "${svcdir}/softscripts.new/${dep}" ]
				then
					# This dep is valid
					needsme=1
					
					break
				fi
			done
			
			if [ "${needsme}" -eq 0 ]
			then
				stop_service "${myservice}"
			fi
		fi
	fi
}

# Stop services
for i in $(dolisting "${svcdir}/started/")
do
	dep_stop "${i}"
done

# Only change softlevel AFTER all the services have been stopped,
# else they will not get the depend's right (wrong SOFTLEVEL)

echo "${SOFTLEVEL}" > "${svcdir}/softlevel"

if [ "${SOFTLEVEL}" = "reboot" -o "${SOFTLEVEL}" = "shutdown" ]
then
	source /sbin/functions.sh

	# Make sure that our $svcdir are clean for next reboot ...
	rm -rf "${svcdir}"/*
	
	source /etc/init.d/halt.sh
	
	if [ "${SOFTLEVEL}" = "reboot" ]
	then
		source /etc/init.d/reboot.sh 
	else
		source /etc/init.d/shutdown.sh
	fi
	
	# Should never get here
	exit 0
fi

# Move the old softscritps directory to a different one
# and make the new softscripts directory the current

mv -f "${svcdir}/softscripts" "${svcdir}/softscripts.old"
mv -f "${svcdir}/softscripts.new" "${svcdir}/softscripts"

dep_start() {
	local myservice=

	[ ! -L "$1" ] && continue

	myservice="${1##*/}"
	
	# Only start a script if it isn't already running
	service_started "${myservice}" || schedule_service_startup "${myservice}"
}

# Start scripts
for i in $(dolisting "${svcdir}/softscripts/")
do
	dep_start "${i}"
done

# Wait for any services that may still be running ...
[ "${RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP}" = "yes" ] && wait

# Clean the old runlevel
rm -rf "${svcdir}/softscripts.old" &> /dev/null

# Depends gets nuked, so update them
# (this problem should be solved now, but i think it will be a good idea
#  to recreate the deps after a change in runlevel)

#/sbin/depscan.sh &>/dev/null

# We want devfsd running after a change of runlevel (this is mostly if we return
# from runlevel 'single')
if [ -z "`ps --no-heading -C 'devfsd'`" -a \
     -n "`gawk '/\/dev devfs/ { print }' /proc/mounts 2> /dev/null`" ]
then
	/sbin/devfsd /dev &> /dev/null
fi

# Runlevel end, so clear stale fail list
rm -rf "${svcdir}/failed" &> /dev/null

# If we were in the boot runlevel, it is done now ...
[ -n "${BOOT}" ] && unset BOOT


# vim:ts=4

[spooon]

Post the lines surrounding line 59 in /sbin/rc, the lines surrounding line 59 of /etc/inittab, the output of

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grep -C 10 -n Most /sbin/rc

and the output of

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grep -C 10 -n Most /etc/inittab

Could you please do this and include line numbers?

It really sounds like you've got an extra line return or a missing # somewhere in your inittab or one of your configuration files. Look around /etc/conf.d/, too.

[Fence36]

Simple solution..., "emerge -deep baselayout" Magically everything gets fixed.

[spooon]

That's because you recompiled the base system, which includes overwriting your copies of your inittab. If there was an extra line or an accidentally removed pound sign, the whole file was simply replaced.

Recompiling your system isn't exactly a "simple" solution.

[cyrillic]

I've used "emerge baselayout" to fix strange problems before on my machines.
Not only is this simple, but it's quick too (not much compiling).

[kikawala]

I believe tphamm already pointed out what was wrong, you accidentally uncommented line 59 in your /etc/rc.conf file.

but if you already re-emerged baselayout then it should be fixed with the side effect of having most of your /etc files replaced.