[plug] Random troubleshooting (half upgraded knoppix).

[Pabs]

>
> > | UNIX 'shutdown' typically brings the system to single-user mode (i.e.
> > | on a multi-user system, the most likely reason for 'shutting down' is
> > | to patch the system or repair a filesystem, not to turn the power
> > | off). Maybe there's a poweroff command or something <shrug/>.
> >
> > The 'halt' command (or shutdown -h) on i386 leaves the system in a dead
> > state: nothing but the power down or reset switch does anything.
>
> So what does Pabs' situation sound like...init's taking the system down
> to 'runlevel 0' and spitting out the 'no more processes left at this
> runlevel' message (which doesn't sound untoward in itself), but the halt
> is not occurring in the kernel? Cameron, do you normally see the 'no
> more processes left at this runlevel' message (it comes from the init.c
> that's found in woody's copy of the sysvinit package)?

well, i found the problem (related to the mounts not coming up). seems
the problem was caused by a broken initscripts install, but i fixed that
with a "Yes, do as I say!" purge and then reinstall. eeek

Bye,
Pabs