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psy_ill
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 Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:31 pm Post subject: bootmisc's "Cleaning /tmp directory" reboots the c |
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When I start Gentoo and the boot process comes to the "bootmisc"-script, the system reboots at "Cleaning /tmp directory".
The next time the boot process runs (just after the reboot) everything works and the system is brought up.
If I restart the system with "reboot" as root, it does the same thing, first half a boot to the "Cleaning /tmp directory"-point, then reboot, and the next boot works.
Why does the boot process fail every other time and what to do about it? |
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rsa4046
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Looking at /etc/init.d/bootmisc, unless I'm misreading the script it seems that if WIPE_TMP="yes" in /etc/conf.d/bootmisc, the message you get should be
"Wiping /tmp directory" rather than "Cleaning /tmp directory": | Code: | #
# Clean up /tmp directory
#
if [[ -z ${CDBOOT} ]] && [[ -d /tmp ]] ; then
cd /tmp
if [[ ${WIPE_TMP} == "yes" ]] ; then
ebegin "Wiping /tmp directory"
# This eval stuff sucks, so if someone has a better *working*
# solution, please file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org/
# Originally ripped from Debian init scripts
local exceptions="
'!' -name . -a
'!' '(' -uid 0 -a
'('
-path './lost+found/*' -o
-path './quota.user/*' -o
-path './aquota.user/*' -o
-path './quota.group/*' -o
-path './aquota.group/*' -o
-path './.journal/*'
')'
')'"
# First kill most files, then kill empty dirs
eval find . -xdev -depth ${exceptions} ! -type d -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f --
eval find . -xdev -depth ${exceptions} -type d -empty -exec rmdir '{}' \\';'
eend 0
else
ebegin "Cleaning /tmp directory"
(
rm -f /tmp/.X*-lock /tmp/esrv* /tmp/kio* /tmp/jpsock.* /tmp/.fam*
rm -rf /tmp/.esd* /tmp/orbit-* /tmp/ssh-* /tmp/ksocket-* /tmp/.*-unix
) &> /dev/null
eend 0
fi
(
# Make sure our X11 stuff have the correct permissions
# Omit the chown as bootmisc is run before network is up
# and users may be using lame LDAP auth #139411
rm -rf /tmp/.{ICE,X11}-unix
mkdir -p /tmp/.{ICE,X11}-unix
#chown 0:0 /tmp/.{ICE,X11}-unix
chmod 1777 /tmp/.{ICE,X11}-unix
[[ -x /sbin/restorecon ]] && restorecon /tmp/.{ICE,X11}-unix
) &> /dev/null
fi
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Maybe check /etc/conf.d/bootmisc for an error?
Edit later: I probably misunderstood, do you want to wipe /tmp? |
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psy_ill
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:40 am Post subject: |
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No, that's not the problem. I don't want to wipe /tmp, and I have set WIPE_TMP to "no". That part of the bootmisc script works.
The problem is that every other boot, the boot process stops at "Cleaning /tmp directory", at which the system reboots.
At the following boot, everything works without anything unusual happening, no annoying reboot, and my system is up. |
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rsa4046
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Perhaps there is a persistent file in /tmp that it causing a conflict; what about setting WIPE_TMP to "yes" for one boot cycle, and seeing if that eliminates the hiccup? |
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psy_ill
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, I set WIPE_TMP to "yes" and rebooted the system.
What a change! Now it says "Wiping /tmp directory" before it reboots the same way as it did before 
No, that was apparantly not the right answer. But the /tmp directory got wiped for sure.
There is no files left which could be causing a conflict. The only thing left is the erroneous behaviour. |
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