Re: System Hangs on Activating Swap
----- Original Message -----
> On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:40:01 +0100, Tim Nelson scribbled:
>
> > Greetings fellow Debian'ers-
> >
> > I've got a system (Lenny, kernel 2.6.26-2-486)that occasionally
> > fails to
> > boot fully. The last item noted on the console is 'Activating Swap',
> > then nothing.
> >
> > I've enabled bootlogd (/etc/default/bootlogd) and verbose mode
> > (/etc/default/rcS) but nothing of importance is shown. I've even
> > reinstalled Debian from scratch and the issue persists. I've tried
> > different hard drives, no change.
> >
> > Now, here comes the odd part. If I remove the swap entry from fstab,
> > the
> > system will still hang at times! If there is no swap being made
> > available to the system, how can it still hang? Do the init scripts
> > look
> > for and use any partition with a swap partition type?
> >
> > Also, is it possible the problem is soemthing else but it simply
> > manifests itself as a hang at the 'activating swap' part of the boot
> > process? I've extracted the Debian initrd and looked through the
> > scripts
> > there and in /etc/rcS* on the root partition. Nothing is jumping out
> > at
> > me for a possible cause.
> >
> > How should I proceed to troubleshoot? Any ideas?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > --Tim
>
> I'd first verify that you are indeed running through the scripts of
> /etc/
> rcS.d and not rc3.d or the like.
> Then, since you're seeing the hang whether or not there is a swap,
> it's
> likely what FOLLOWS checkroot.sh or mountall.sh. Add console messages
> to
> the scripts indicating you're exiting one and starting the next. Once
> you find in which script your hang is located, comment the ^&%^% out
> of
> it to locate the command. Then follow your nose ;)
>
I can verify I've been in rcS.d, not rc3.d. Your suggestions are sound, I'll give them a shot. Thank you!
--Tim
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