Debian bug report logs - #1666, boring messages

Subject: Bug#1666: C-A-D doesn't work after shutdown -h
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From: Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl>
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Package: sysvinit
Version: 2.57b-1

After the system is halted, the three finger salute doesn't reboot it
(instead, init complains about no /var/log/initrunlvl).  To fix: use
the ctrlaltdel program from util-linux (add "ctrlaltdel hard" after
the filesystems are unmounted in /etc/init.d/halt), or add a reboot()
call with correct magic values in the halt program.

BTW, I'm not sure if too much FSSTND is a good idea here - if /var is
a separate filesystem and it is not mounted, it is not possible to change
runlevels.  The traditional file name is /etc/initrunlvl.  Same goes for
the shutdown.pid file, too.

Another problem with sysvinit: sometimes, if I press Ctrl-Alt-Del, it
prints the following messages (from memory, they may differ slightly):

INIT: Switching to runlevel 6
INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal
INIT: Sending processes the KILL signal
INIT: No more processes left in runlevel 6

and then just hangs (but some processes are still running, for example
gpm - I can see that by moving the mouse).  Pressing C-A-D again doesn't
help (results only in two INIT: messages, the first and fourth one),
only the reset button does.  Small suggestion for init (unless it already
does this): no matter what is in the /etc/inittab "ctrlaltdel" line,
always sync() on C-A-D before doing anything else.

While we are at it, yet another (only cosmetic) problem with init:
I suggest to do something like "stty sane" in shutdown scripts -
the shutdown messages are printed without carriage returns...

Marek

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl>
Subject: Bug#1666: Acknowledgement (was: C-A-D doesn't work after shutdown -h)
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Subject: Bug#1666: C-A-D doesn't work after shutdown -h
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From: Bruce Perens <bruce@Pixar.com>


marekm@i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl said:
> add a reboot() call with correct magic values in the halt program.

It really belongs in the "init" program. OK, I'll do that.

By the time the system is halted, all disks are mounted read-only, and it is
no longer possible to write the run level.

I'll look at the other problems.

	Bruce

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