How to overcome a boot-up endless loop?

[Eric Shubert]

Josef Lowder wrote:
> A few days ago, I posted an inquiry on the subject issue, and the
> problem is still unresolved. Following is the error message that I see
> rapidly repeated on the screen non-stop until I totally power-off the
> computer:
> 
> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: line 1333: /bin/usleep: Input Output error
> 
> Stephen wrote: ... find the file being referenced and see what line
> 1333 contains.
> 
> The file rc.sysinit has 1384 lines . I have uploaded that complete
> file at this URL: http://www.vsiq.com/temp/rc.sysinit.txt.  Here are
> the lines surrounding line 1333:
> 
> 1329	if [ "$PROMPT" != no ]; then
> 1330	    while :; do
> 1331		pid=$(/sbin/pidof getkey)
> 1332		[ -n "$pid" -o -e /var/run/getkey_done ] && break
> 1333		usleep 100000
> 1334	    done
> 1335	    [ -n "$pid" ] && kill -TERM "$pid" >/dev/null 2>&1
> 
> That rc.sysinit file has the same file date and diff indicates that it
> has the same content as the file by the same name on one of my other
> computers that is running the same operating system.
> 
> Likewise, the file 'usleep' referred to on line 1333 has the same file
> date and file size as that same file on my other computer running the
> same operating system.  While I realize that 'usleep' is apparently a
> binary file, I uploaded it at this URL as:
> http://www.vsiq.com/temp/usleep.txt (I realize this file should not
> have a .txt suffix, so it needs to be renamed.)
> 
> I also uploaded two other files that might contain clues for someone
> more knowledgable than I (which is, of course, just about everybody on
> the plug list).
> 
> http://www.vsiq.com/temp/dead.letter.txt
> http://www.vsiq.com/temp/dmesg.txt
> 
> Hope someone can help me solve this problem.

I wonder what would happen if you changed "usleep 100000" to "sleep 1".

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-Eric 'shubes'