System Crash

[Ramu Bodathula]

Hi,

My workstation crashed ( donno why ). When the sytem re-started, it came up in a single user mode. Why does this happen ?. how to re-start the machine in multi-user mode ?.

Thanx
Ramu

[Craig Rants]

Ramu,
Since you didn't give any error messages we can only speculate on why your box crashed. However to get to multi-user mode type in "init 3".

Good Luck,
C

[Uday_S_Ankolekar]

Hi,

Try init 3 for multiuser mode then do a clean shutdown and see if it comes up OK.
Also check logs (shutdown,rc and syslog ) for more details on errors.
Goodluck,
-USA..

[Michael Tully]

Hi,

See if you have a crash dump save on your
system. The default place is
/var/adm/crash, if not have a look in
/etc/rc.config.d/savecrash to see what
directory you have. HP will analyse your
crash dump if you have a support agreement.
The outcome could be a recommended set of
patches to be loaded. What is your current
patch level? To find out simply type this
# /usr/sbin/swlist -a revision
and look for this.

XSWGR1100 B.11.00.52.2
(This indicates what level, for example this
is March 2001, and are released every quarter.)

HTH
-Michael

[Printaporn_1]

does root shell in /etc/passwd was changed ? it should be /sbin/sh otherwise system will boot to single user. OR

- your file system is corrupted , any fsck message ?
check /etc/shutdownlog for panic/TOC message.

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

more /etc/rc.log

look for messages of ERROR

look in /etc/shutdownlog to find out why it went down.

Think of patching your system, especially the Xserver. get the latest bundles from software.hp.com


Later,
Bill

[Mary Ann Lipa]

Check
/var/adm/syslog/OLDsyslog.log
--- for messages
/var/adm/crash
--- for crash files
/var/tombstones
--- check for the latest ts* files if any and if possible... attach it and have it analysed
/etc/rc.log
--- for startup errors
/etc/shutdownlog
--- for shutdown logs
/etc/inittab
--- for initialization defaults, first line should be: "init:3:initdefault:"

try restarting your machine and see if it still boots to single User mode. For multiuser mode --> "init 3"

Check messages while your machine is processing the startup scripts... look for errors and warnings. If you find any... reply...

d_b