Boot Process: Starting partmon

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tptagth : 11/03/03 04:10 AM : Incident created -   Hi, I installed Mandrake on my Dell Latitude and everything seemed to work. Then I shutdown the computer. Now I have a problem. The computer doesn't boot properly with the "PC Card" inserted. The boot stops at "Starting partmon". When I boot the computer without the "PC Card" it starts up fine. No errors. Do you have any suggestions?
Linegod_7611 : 11/03/03 06:32 AM : Reply received -   Can you tell what service is started right after partmon? Try disabling that service to see if it will get past that with it off. As root do: # chkconfig --level 0123456 <servicename> off Reboot with the PCCard in, and see if that works. -------- Note: If this answer resolves your problem, please remember to close this incident.
tptagth : 11/03/03 08:07 PM : More info provided -   No, I can't tell for sure what service starts right after "Starting partmon". This is what I did to try and determine what service starts right after "Starting partmon". I rebooted without the PC Card and saw that immediately following the "Starting partmon" line was the line "Console Mouse Service". I also ran chkconfig --list. This command returns in part: partmon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off random 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off rawdevices 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off Therefore, I'm not certain whether "Console Mouse Service" or "random" starts immediately after "Starting partmon". If it's "Console Mouse Service" how do I stop that service? Would it be "# chkconfig --level 0123456 Console Mouse Service off"? Thank you for your help.
Linegod_7611 : 12/03/03 08:59 AM : Reply received -   It would actually be 'chkconfig --level 0123456 gpm off' . 'gpm' is the service name for Console Mouse Services. You can also see what is scheduled to start after partmon by doing: # ls /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/ and # ls /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/ It should produce as list of applications with 'K25' 'S20' 'S25' etc in from of them. The 'K' stands for Kill and the 'S' stands for Start. The number is in what order they start. So if you see 'S20partmon' and then 'S25random' , 'random' would start after 'partmon'. You can try disabling the application that is listed to start right after partmon with the 'chkconfig' command, or you can also try disabling 'partmon', since it is not a 'necessary' service. -------- Note: If this answer resolves your problem, please remember to close this incident.
tptagth : 15/03/03 04:11 PM : Incident closed -

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