Init is the initial process that loads on a linux system. If init fails to load, it will result in a kernel failure.
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What's the recommended way to enable / disable services?
I read about how to enable and disable services in Ubuntu and it seems that there are different possibilities to manage them.
The first method I found is update-rc.d to add new services to startup, ...
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where is inittab file?
hi i'm on ubuntu 10.10, and i've just joined linux world from os/x-apple.
i'm learning about runlevels and rc directory in /etc/ and everywhere (manuals, tutorials, etc) i'm reading about inittab. but ...
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Ubuntu doesn't boot after apt-get upgrade (black screen) [duplicate]
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My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
Some time ago (2 weeks) I ran apt-get upgrade. When complete I turned off the computer. I was on ...
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Cannot boot because: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
This is what I've got. I cannot boot and I see the two of three little lights on the keyboard blinking all the time and the cooling is working on full power, almost.
I saw in other askubuntu topic ...
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How can I make sure one Upstart job starts before other Upstart jobs?
This is a general Upstart question, but let me use a specific case:
Centrify is a NIS to ActiveDirectory gateway. It needs to load before any service that will depend the authentication service that ...
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How to write an init script that will execute an existing start script?
I'm trying to understand the init process.
I have a script which launches 3 background processes (2 shell scripts and a java app). It works just fine from the command line.
I'd like to execute that ...
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Days-old but won't boot (missing /sbin/init) - help!
I installed 10.10 a few days ago. The only changes to the default install are the addition of Chrome and Pinta.
It was fine for a few days, then today login etc seemed slow. Likewise it couldn't even ...
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Where can I find information or description of the boot up process?
I am looking for links to detailed information on how the ubuntu boot process is managed after grub is finished.
I have googled by all the documentation referes to individual packages. (upstart, ...
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/dev/mapper/cryptsetup1 is not ready yet or not present, slow system [closed]
Today I had a very high system load because I used many applications at the same time (VirtualBox, totem, firefox,...). The load was so high, that the system almost didn't react anymore. Then I killed ...
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Booting ubuntu gives “init not found”
My friend has been using ubuntu 10.10 on vmware player for many days now. But today, it has a problem booting, so we started the ubuntu live cd to try and fix it.
Running sudo fsck /dev/sda1 (got ...
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Unable to fully remove Juju
After downloading Juju and playing around with it a little bit, my curiosity is satisfied. I decided to move on to other endeavors and uninstall Juju, although despite my best efforts a piece of Juju ...
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Prevent new packages from linking start up scripts?
How can i prevent newly installed packages from creating links in e.g /etc/rc2.d?
Currently i'm launching update-rc.d -f blabla remove /etc/rc.local each time during boot.
But this shouldn't be ...
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init premount script error from dropbear
I get the following error at early boot stage:
ipconfig: eth0: SIOCGIFINDEX: No such device
ipconfig: no devices to configure
/scripts/init-premount/dropbear: .: line 32: can't open ...
