init 1 hangs

[NoOp]

On 12/14/2012 04:35 PM, JD wrote:
> Ubuntu 12.10
> # init 1
> 
> hangs and never enters single user mode.
> Gets stuck displaying the purple screen with the word
> Ubuntu in the middle and the 4 dots beneath it.
> 
> 

Because you issued halt?

Maybe this will help:
<http://www.debianadmin.com/debian-and-ubuntu-linux-run-levels.html>
* 0 System Halt
* 1 Single user
* 2 Full multi-user mode (Default)
* 3-5 Same as 2
* 6 System Reboot

You can also see which commands are available from /etc/rc<0-6>.d

Example:
$ ls /etc/rc0.d
K01nxsensor             K20speech-dispatcher        README
K01nxserver             K20stunnel4                 S20sendsigs
K01timidity             K20vboxautostart-service    S30urandom
K08vmware               K20vboxballoonctrl-service  S31umountnfs.sh
K10unattended-upgrades  K20vboxdrv                  S35networking
K20denyhosts            K20vboxweb-service          S40umountfs
K20gammu-smsd           K20winbind                  S48cryptdisks
K20hddtemp              K73gpsd                     S59cryptdisks-early
K20miredo               K80nfs-kernel-server        S60umountroot
K20postfix              K80openvpn                  S90halt

$ ls /etc/rc6.d
K01nxsensor             K20speech-dispatcher        README
K01nxserver             K20stunnel4                 S20sendsigs
K01timidity             K20vboxautostart-service    S30urandom
K08vmware               K20vboxballoonctrl-service  S31umountnfs.sh
K10unattended-upgrades  K20vboxdrv                  S35networking
K20denyhosts            K20vboxweb-service          S40umountfs
K20gammu-smsd           K20winbind                  S48cryptdisks
K20hddtemp              K73gpsd                     S59cryptdisks-early
K20miredo               K80nfs-kernel-server        S60umountroot
K20postfix              K80openvpn                  S90reboot

The 'K' files are not excecutable unless they are changed to 'S'.