Re: System boot hanging at "Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)

[Hamish Greig <hgreig@bigpond.net.au>]

On Saturday 18 November 2006 12:31, John wrote:
> So I removed fetchmail but it still hangs at that point.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> TIA
>
> John

Yes.
sounds like the system isn't hung at all, just missing your login prompt.
I'd ssh into the box and find out why no gettys are started for you to login 
via console.
hgg
>
> On 11/17/06, John <johnhedge@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've done some investigating and it would seem that in my last apt-get
> > upgrade fetchmail was held back.
> >
> > On 11/17/06, John < johnhedge@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > As the subject says my system hangs at this point. /etc/rc.local only
> > > has "exit 0" in it.
> > >
> > > The entry before was "Starting mail retrieval agent: system-wide
> > > fetchmail not configured"
> > >
> > > Sometime before this there was a ClamAv warning that the engine was
> > > outdated.
> > >
> > > I can ssh into the machine, thankfully, but what can I do to stop it
> > > hanging at this point, please?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > John