Description of problem: If /etc/inittab does not exist, init process freezes: awk: cmd. line:1: fatal: cannot open file `/etc/inittab' for reading (No such file or directory) init: rcS post-stop process (751) terminated with status 2 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@localhost ~]# rpm -q upstart upstart-0.6.5-5.fc13.x86_64 [root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora release 13 (Goddard) [root@localhost ~]# uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.33.3-85.fc13.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu May 6 18:09:49 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce (DESTRUCTIVE*): 1. mv /etc/inittab /etc/inittab.ORIG 2. reboot Actual results: Init process freezes. Expected results: Init process does not freeze. Additional info:
Created attachment 412857 [details] rcS*.conf - check if /etc/inittab exists Upstart job fails if any of processes doesn't end with success. We should check if /etc/inittab exists before try parse out default runlevel.
Thanks! http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=initscripts.git;a=commitdiff;h=0b8393964ed79dbf7382266b7cb62e7d530bb2c5 Also backported to F-13 branch.
initscripts-9.12.1-1.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/initscripts-9.12.1-1.fc13
initscripts-9.12.1-1.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update initscripts'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/initscripts-9.12.1-1.fc13
Seems like it is fixed in initscripts-9.03.10-1.el6. RHTS tests scheduled...
=> VERIFIED
initscripts-9.12.1-1.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.