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I've been doing these tests by +</I>><i> forcing a level 1 boot, but now even that may not be possible. These +</I>><i> are the latest boot messages: +</I> +Does it work when forcing a runlevel 3 boot instead. This is closer to a +proper boot and likely a better testing environment. I presume the +getty's are showing for you in level 3? + +><i> broadcom-wl (....)Already exists on this kernel [OK] +</I>><i> Checking for new hardwareWelcome to rescue mode! Type "systemctl +</I>><i> default" or ^D to enter default mode ##Yes, that's how it looks, lines +</I>><i> joined. +</I> +Interesting that they are joined up... + +><i> Type "journalctl" to show system logs. Type "systemctl reboot" to +</I>><i> reboot. [OK] +</I>><i> ##didn't do any of these as I was not watching the screen +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Failed to issue method call: Transaction is destructive. +</I> +I've seen this before, but it's basically indicative of some kind of +transaction ordering deadlock. I'll investigate to see if I can +reproduce that here. + +I have seen it when you have SINGLE=/sbin/sulogin rather than +SINGLE=/sbin/sushell in /etc/sysconfig/init. + +><i> Last resort - +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I edited out the "splash quiet" and called for level 1 again. This +</I>><i> time it completes, very quickly. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 'systemctl show prefdm.service | grep ActiveEnter.*Mono" ' simply +</I>><i> returns to the prompt. +</I> +This shouldn't happen. These should be printed even if they have zero +values I believe, although with a level 1 or level 3 boot this might not +be the case (I've not tested). It would certainly *always* be 0 if they +are shown tho', + +The results of this test are only really valuable if you do a normal +boot to runlevel 5 as this is when the service should be started. + +What I'm trying to work out here is if the job relating to starting the +prefdm.service had to be ejected due to some kind of conflict. + +If there is a conflict then the values will be 0 and this will explain +why your graphical desktop does not start. + +><i> All the borg2 mounts are commented out for now. +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> If it still fails, then try starting prefdm.service manually +</I>>><i> (systemctl start prefdm.service) and see what happens. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Nothing at all happens. It returns to the prompt. +</I> +This is curious. Does this also occur at runelevel 3? What does +systemctl status prefdm.service tell you after it returns you to the prompt? + +Is there anything useful in the kdm log file about why kdm failed to +launch X11? + +><i> We have all spent a lot of time on this. There are files on the +</I>><i> netbook that I must recover, so now it's decision time. It would +</I>><i> probably be easier and quicker to grab the latest image (in which case +</I>><i> can you remind me where to go for that) but I am willing to continue +</I>><i> if there is any possibility that what we discover could save grief for +</I>><i> others. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> What do you think? +</I> +Plenty more to debug if you want to continue. + +Col + + + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="018974.html">[Mageia-dev] Fwd: Re: M3 won't complete boot after update +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="018981.html">[Mageia-dev] Fwd: Re: M3 won't complete boot after update +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#18978">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#18978">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#18978">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#18978">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |