Re: Problems booting 1.3.77

Andrew Norman (andy@focus.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 25 Mar 1996 00:59:43 GMT

>I compiled 1.3.77 and it ran fine. However, the system would hang up during
>the boot up sequence tonight. Here is the syslog entry.
>
>-------------
>
>Mar 23 21:20:23 darkstar kernel: Adding Swap: 17132k swap-space
>Mar 23 21:20:23 darkstar kernel: ISO9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
>Mar 23 21:20:30 darkstar sendmail[74]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR: putoutmsg (NO-HOST):
>error on output channel sending "451 My host name (darkstar) does not seem
>to exist!: Connection refused": I/O error
>Mar 23 21:20:30 darkstar sendmail[74]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): My host name
>(darkstar) does not seem to exist!: Connection refused
>Mar 23 21:20:30 darkstar kernel: Warning: dev (04:c0) tty->count(2) !=
>#fd's(3) in tty_open
>Mar 23 21:20:30 darkstar kernel: Warning: dev (04:c0) tty->count(2) !=
>#fd's(3) in release_dev
>
>
>The last 2 lines are repeated over and over scrolling off the screen.

I had exactly the same problem on 1.3.72, it would happen just after
adding swap space. Since I had only installed Slackware 3.0 on the
system a few hours earlier I put it down to experience and
reinstalled.

I assumed that it was a one off, I just hope it isn't going to happen
again, as the system is about to start doing some real work today.
Perhaps I should downgrade to 1.3.57 again ?

-- 
Andy Norman  andy@focus.demon.co.uk
<http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~focus>


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