[gentoo-user] corrupted start-up services (and file-system)

[gentoo-user] corrupted start-up services (and file-system)

[Liviu Andronic]

Hello all,
I have a (nasty) issue with the system start-up, and probably with
corrupted file-system. On start-up, I get several error messages (see
below). I suspect I started having these messages after Gentoo crashed
once, but I couldn't recall the actual circumstances.
The problem is that, for example, MPD will not remember it's last
state before shutdown, and will be unable to recover the it's last
state. I have no idea where to start correcting the issue; any ideas
welcome.
Thanks,
Liviu

Start-up messags:
ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin': Permission denied
ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/udev-postmount': Permission denied
 * Initializing random number generator ...
[ ok ]
ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/urandom': Permission denied
[ ok ] * Starting laptop_mode ...
touch: cannot touch `/var/run/laptop-mode-enabled': Permission denied
[ ok ]
ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/laptop_mode': Permission denied
ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin': Permission denied
 * Initializing random number generator ...
[ ok ]
ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/urandom': Permission denied
 * Starting Webmin ...
[ ok ] * Starting local ...
[ ok ]
ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/local': Permission denied

Trying to see what's about these files, I get this:
localhost liviu # ls /var/lib/init.d/started/ -la
ls: cannot access /var/lib/init.d/started/mpd: Permission denied
ls: cannot access /var/lib/init.d/started/local: Permission denied
ls: cannot access /var/lib/init.d/started/laptop_mode: Permission denied
ls: cannot access /var/lib/init.d/started/urandom: Permission denied
ls: cannot access /var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin: Permission denied
ls: cannot access /var/lib/init.d/started/udev-postmount: Permission denied
total 1
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 832 2009-04-19 17:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 488 2009-04-19 17:33 ..
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  17 2009-04-19 17:32 acpid -> /etc/init.d/acpid
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  21 2009-04-19 17:32 alsasound -> /etc/init.d/alsasound
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  19 2009-04-19 17:33 apache2 -> /etc/init.d/apache2
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  20 2009-04-19 17:32 bootmisc -> /etc/init.d/bootmisc
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  19 2009-04-19 17:32 checkfs -> /etc/init.d/checkfs
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  21 2009-04-19 17:32 checkroot -> /etc/init.d/checkroot
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  17 2009-04-19 17:32 clock -> /etc/init.d/clock
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  23 2009-04-19 17:32 consolefont ->
/etc/init.d/consolefont
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  17 2009-04-19 17:33 cupsd -> /etc/init.d/cupsd
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  16 2009-04-19 17:32 dbus -> /etc/init.d/dbus
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  17 2009-04-19 17:33 dictd -> /etc/init.d/dictd
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  15 2009-04-19 17:32 gpm -> /etc/init.d/gpm
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  16 2009-04-19 17:32 hald -> /etc/init.d/hald
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  20 2009-04-19 17:32 hostname -> /etc/init.d/hostname
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  19 2009-04-19 17:32 keymaps -> /etc/init.d/keymaps
??????????  ? ?    ?      ?                ? laptop_mode
??????????  ? ?    ?      ?                ? local
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  22 2009-04-19 17:32 localmount ->
/etc/init.d/localmount
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  19 2009-04-19 17:32 modules -> /etc/init.d/modules
??????????  ? ?    ?      ?                ? mpd
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  20 2009-04-19 17:32 net.eth0 -> /etc/init.d/net.eth0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  20 2009-04-19 17:32 net.eth1 -> /etc/init.d/net.eth1
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  18 2009-04-19 17:32 net.lo -> /etc/init.d/net.lo
??????????  ? ?    ?      ?                ? rmnologin
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  21 2009-04-19 17:32 syslog-ng -> /etc/init.d/syslog-ng
??????????  ? ?    ?      ?                ? udev-postmount
??????????  ? ?    ?      ?                ? urandom
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  18 2009-04-19 17:33 webmin -> /etc/init.d/webmin
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  16 2009-04-19 17:32 wicd -> /etc/init.d/wicd
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  15 2009-04-19 17:32 xdm -> /etc/init.d/xdm

Re: [gentoo-user] corrupted start-up services (and file-system)

[Alan McKinnon]

On Monday 20 April 2009 01:03:59 Liviu Andronic wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have a (nasty) issue with the system start-up, and probably with
> corrupted file-system. On start-up, I get several error messages (see
> below). I suspect I started having these messages after Gentoo crashed
> once, but I couldn't recall the actual circumstances.
> The problem is that, for example, MPD will not remember it's last
> state before shutdown, and will be unable to recover the it's last
> state. I have no idea where to start correcting the issue; any ideas
> welcome.
> Thanks,
> Liviu
>
> Start-up messags:
> ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin': Permission denied

That's a very unusual location for init scripts. Did you put them there, 
instead of in the more usual /etc/init.d/?

{snip}

> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  19 2009-04-19 17:32 keymaps -> /etc/init.d/keymaps 
> ??????????  ? ?    ?      ?                ? laptop_mode

This is almost certainly disk corruption. Boot from a CD and do an fsck on all 
disk volumes

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] corrupted start-up services (and file-system)

[Stroller]

On 20 Apr 2009, at 00:19, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> ...
>> Start-up messags:
>> ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin': Permission denied
>
> That's a very unusual location for init scripts. Did you put them  
> there,
> instead of in the more usual /etc/init.d/?

I have that file on my systems.

I assume it (and others nearby) are library / function scripts which  
are called by the init scripts in /etc/init.d/

Stroller.



~ $ ls /var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin
/var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin
~ $ ls /var/lib/init.d/started/
apache2      cupsd       modules   ntop        rmnologin  syslog-ng
bootmisc     hostname    net.br0   ntp-client  rpc.statd  udev-postmount
checkfs      keymaps     net.eth0  ntpd        samba      uptimed
checkroot    lm_sensors  net.lo    portmap     sensord    urandom
clock        local       netmount  postfix     smartd     vixie-cron
consolefont  localmount  nfs       postgresql  sshd
~ $ ls /var/lib/init.d/
coldplugged  deptree    failed    scheduled  softscripts  stopping
daemons      exclusive  inactive  snapshot   started      wasinactive
depcache     exitcodes  options   softlevel  starting
~ $

Re: [gentoo-user] corrupted start-up services (and file-system)

[Dale]

Stroller wrote:
>
> On 20 Apr 2009, at 00:19, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>> ...
>>> Start-up messags:
>>> ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin': Permission denied
>>
>> That's a very unusual location for init scripts. Did you put them there,
>> instead of in the more usual /etc/init.d/?
>
> I have that file on my systems.
>
> I assume it (and others nearby) are library / function scripts which
> are called by the init scripts in /etc/init.d/
>
> Stroller.
>
>
>
> ~ $ ls /var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin
> /var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin
> ~ $ ls /var/lib/init.d/started/
> apache2      cupsd       modules   ntop        rmnologin  syslog-ng
> bootmisc     hostname    net.br0   ntp-client  rpc.statd  udev-postmount
> checkfs      keymaps     net.eth0  ntpd        samba      uptimed
> checkroot    lm_sensors  net.lo    portmap     sensord    urandom
> clock        local       netmount  postfix     smartd     vixie-cron
> consolefont  localmount  nfs       postgresql  sshd
> ~ $ ls /var/lib/init.d/
> coldplugged  deptree    failed    scheduled  softscripts  stopping
> daemons      exclusive  inactive  snapshot   started      wasinactive
> depcache     exitcodes  options   softlevel  starting
> ~ $
>
>
>
>

Looks about the same here as well:

root@smoker / # /bin/ls /var/lib/init.d/started/
bootmisc   clock        dbus      ivman    localmount          modules  
ntpd       smartd          upsd    urandom
checkfs    consolefont  hald      keymaps  mDNSResponderPosix  net.lo   
numlock    syslog-ng       upsdrv  vixie-cron
checkroot  cupsd        hostname  local    mdnsd               netmount 
rmnologin  udev-postmount  upsmon  xdm
root@smoker / # /bin/ls /var/lib/init.d/
coldplugged  depcache  exclusive  failed    options    snapshot  
softscripts  starting  wasinactive
daemons      deptree   exitcodes  inactive  scheduled  softlevel 
started      stopping
root@smoker / #  

Should we assume this is "normal"?  I have never been "normal" before. 
;-) 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

P.S. Pardon me calling the entire path of the command.  I didn't want to
post that with the alias of -al which is a bit long and unneeded.  Yea,
I'll figure out how to "undo" this one day.

Re: [gentoo-user] corrupted start-up services (and file-system)

[Sebastian Günther]

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* Alan McKinnon (alan.mckinnon@gmail.com) [20.04.09 01:21]:
> On Monday 20 April 2009 01:03:59 Liviu Andronic wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > I have a (nasty) issue with the system start-up, and probably with
> > corrupted file-system. On start-up, I get several error messages (see
> > below). I suspect I started having these messages after Gentoo crashed
> > once, but I couldn't recall the actual circumstances.
> > The problem is that, for example, MPD will not remember it's last
> > state before shutdown, and will be unable to recover the it's last
> > state. I have no idea where to start correcting the issue; any ideas
> > welcome.
> > Thanks,
> > Liviu
> >
> > Start-up messags:
> > ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin': Permission denied
> 
> That's a very unusual location for init scripts. Did you put them there, 
> instead of in the more usual /etc/init.d/?
> 

That's not the init script dir. that's svcdir in baselayout 1. It is 
used to save the state of the init scripts. So it is natural that the 
init process accesses it.

> {snip}
> 
> > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  19 2009-04-19 17:32 keymaps -> /etc/init.d/keymaps 
> > ??????????  ? ?    ?      ?                ? laptop_mode
> 
> This is almost certainly disk corruption. Boot from a CD and do an fsck on all 
> disk volumes
> 

And I must stress this: check all your filesystems.

Sebastian

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Re: [gentoo-user] corrupted start-up services (and file-system)

[Alex Schuster]

Alan McKinnon writes:

> On Monday 20 April 2009 01:03:59 Liviu Andronic wrote:

> > Start-up messags:
> > ln: accessing `/var/lib/init.d/started/rmnologin': Permission denied
>
> That's a very unusual location for init scripts. Did you put them
> there, instead of in the more usual /etc/init.d/?

That's okay, this directory has symlinks to all real init scripts 
in /etc/init.d that have already started. There's 
also /var/lib/init.d/{failed,starting,stopping} and more.

> {snip}
>
> > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root  19 2009-04-19 17:32 keymaps ->
> > /etc/init.d/keymaps ??????????  ? ?    ?      ?                ?
> > laptop_mode
>
> This is almost certainly disk corruption. Boot from a CD and do an fsck
> on all disk volumes

And maybe do a backup first, in case fsck messes up things worse than 
before.

	Wonko

Re: [gentoo-user] corrupted start-up services (and file-system)

[Liviu Andronic]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org> wrote:
>> This is almost certainly disk corruption. Boot from a CD and do an fsck
>> on all disk volumes
>
> And maybe do a backup first, in case fsck messes up things worse than
> before.
>
Luckily this wasn't needed. I did the checks using Gparted (on its own
LivecD), and it corrected a handful of errors. Now the system seems to
boot fine.
Thanks all,
Liviu



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