You also should make sure everything else is up-to-date and working properly
Code:sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get -f install sudo apt-get install upstart
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You also should make sure everything else is up-to-date and working properly
Code:sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get -f install sudo apt-get install upstart
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This works! Thanks.Code:sudo /usr/sbin/cron
But what do you figure is the best way to get it to automatically start on a system startup/reboot?
I successfully ran your other suggested commands seawolf & webofunni, but they don't seem to have had any effect. Getting things like "sudo service cron start" to work would be ideal.
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?Code:sudo strace -vvv start cron
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Code:$ sudo strace -vvv start cron [sudo] password for macho: execve("/sbin/start", ["start", "cron"], ["TERM=xterm", "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/"..., "LANG=en_CA.UTF-8", "PS1=\\[\\033[1;37m\\][\\[\\033[1;31m\\"..., "HOME=/home/macho", "LANGUAGE=en_CA:en", "DISPLAY=:0", "COLORTERM=gnome-terminal", "XAUTHORITY=/var/run/gdm/auth-for"..., "SHELL=/bin/bash", "LOGNAME=root", "USER=root", "USERNAME=root", "MAIL=/var/mail/root", "SUDO_COMMAND=/usr/bin/strace -vv"..., "SUDO_USER=macho", "SUDO_UID=1000", "SUDO_GID=1000"]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x146a000 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f626a9d5000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_dev=makedev(8, 1), st_ino=2883727, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=264, st_size=132822, st_atime=2011/05/23-14:37:07, st_mtime=2011/05/23-14:37:07, st_ctime=2011/05/23-14:37:07}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 132822, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f626a9b4000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\20\360\1\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_dev=makedev(8, 1), st_ino=262279, st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=3200, st_size=1638120, st_atime=2011/05/03-13:22:17, st_mtime=2011/04/11-06:26:01, st_ctime=2011/04/30-12:59:40}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 3749080, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f626a423000 mprotect(0x7f626a5ad000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x7f626a7ac000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x189000) = 0x7f626a7ac000 mmap(0x7f626a7b1000, 21720, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f626a7b1000 close(3) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f626a9b3000 mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f626a9b1000 arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f626a9b1720) = 0 mprotect(0x7f626a7ac000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x604000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x7f626a9d7000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0x7f626a9b4000, 132822) = 0 brk(0) = 0x146a000 brk(0x148b000) = 0x148b000 open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_dev=makedev(8, 1), st_ino=1573007, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=5328, st_size=2772576, st_atime=2011/05/03-19:24:56, st_mtime=2011/04/30-13:07:59, st_ctime=2011/04/30-13:07:59}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 2772576, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f626a17e000 close(3) = 0 close(1) = 0 close(2) = 0 exit_group(0) = ?
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which version of ubuntu u r using ?
Code:lsb_release -a
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Code:$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 Codename: natty
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mmap looks different. I need more details, also try those as actual room. Need to check, if there any environment variable problem with the user. watch sudo su -
Code:ps auxxxfx sudo su - initctl list initctl status udev initctl --version initctl -v start cron initctl -v start udev
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I'm running on amd64, could that be it?
Code:$ ps auxxxfx USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 [kthreadd] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [ksoftirqd] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [migration] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [cpuset] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [khelper] root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [netns] root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [sync_supe] root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [bdi-defau] root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [kintegrit] root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [kblockd] root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [kacpid] root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [kacpi_not] root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [kacpi_hot] root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [ata_sff] root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [khubd] root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [md] root 46 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [khungtask] root 47 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [kswapd0] root 48 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN May25 0:00 \_ [ksmd] root 49 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [fsnotify_] root 50 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [aio] root 51 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [ecryptfs-] root 52 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [crypto] root 56 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [kthrotld] root 68 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [kmpathd] root 69 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [kmpath_ha] root 70 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [kondemand] root 71 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [kconserva] root 234 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:02 \_ [scsi_eh_0] root 237 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_1] root 262 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_2] root 263 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_3] root 264 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_4] root 265 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_5] root 295 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [jbd2/sda1] root 296 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [ext4-dio-] root 626 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [edac-poll] root 742 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [kpsmoused] root 754 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [cfg80211] root 824 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [ext4-dio-] root 845 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [hd-audio0] root 861 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:01 \_ [jbd2/sdb1] root 862 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ [ext4-dio-] root 1010 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [firegl] root 1011 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [firegl] root 1012 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [firegl] root 1077 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:01 \_ [flush-8:1] root 1078 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S May25 0:00 \_ [flush-8:0] root 3169 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 07:46 0:00 \_ [kworker/0] root 3173 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 07:53 0:00 \_ [kworker/u] root 3182 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 08:11 0:00 \_ [kworker/u] root 3185 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 08:12 0:00 \_ [kworker/0] root 3231 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 08:17 0:00 \_ [kworker/0] root 3232 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 08:17 0:00 \_ [kworker/u] root 1 0.0 0.0 23872 1372 ? Ss May25 0:00 /sbin/init root 315 0.0 0.0 19080 4 ? S May25 0:00 /sbin/ureadahea root 358 0.0 0.0 17052 504 ? S May25 0:00 upstart-udev-br root 371 0.0 0.0 21856 384 ? S<s May25 0:00 udevd --daemon root 616 0.0 0.0 22000 568 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ udevd --dae root 617 0.0 0.0 22000 192 ? S< May25 0:00 \_ udevd --dae syslog 884 0.0 0.0 54456 876 ? Sl May25 0:00 rsyslogd -c4 102 888 0.0 0.0 24732 1692 ? Ss May25 0:02 dbus-daemon --s root 902 0.0 0.1 79192 2144 ? Ssl May25 0:00 gdm-binary root 988 0.0 0.1 93796 1824 ? Sl May25 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/gd root 994 0.5 5.9 290348 106140 tty7 Ss+ May25 8:05 \_ /usr/bi root 1027 0.0 0.0 122596 1700 ? Sl May25 0:00 \_ /usr/li macho 1036 0.0 0.2 173844 3900 ? Ssl May25 0:00 \_ gno macho 1071 0.0 0.0 12092 16 ? Ss May25 0:00 \_ macho 1109 0.5 4.0 597040 73544 ? Sl May25 7:20 \_ macho 1357 0.0 0.0 4220 412 ? Ss May25 0:00 | macho 1358 0.0 0.3 182680 6316 ? Sl May25 0:02 | macho 1149 0.0 0.6 458236 11572 ? Sl May25 0:15 \_ macho 1162 0.0 0.1 156840 2992 ? Sl May25 0:00 \_ macho 1163 0.0 0.3 325484 5940 ? Sl May25 0:04 \_ macho 1167 0.0 0.2 277516 4092 ? Sl May25 0:00 \_ macho 1168 0.0 0.1 185728 3412 ? Sl May25 0:00 \_ macho 1170 0.0 0.1 162608 2904 ? Sl May25 0:00 \_ macho 1175 0.0 0.2 201344 4072 ? Sl May25 0:00 \_ macho 1542 0.0 0.1 176496 3160 ? S May25 0:00 \_ macho 1627 0.0 0.2 233128 4280 ? S May25 0:02 \_ macho 1749 0.0 0.4 253744 8344 ? Sl May25 0:00 \_ avahi 908 0.0 0.0 32128 1080 ? S May25 0:00 avahi-daemon: r avahi 909 0.0 0.0 32008 148 ? S May25 0:00 \_ avahi-daemo root 910 0.0 0.0 75512 984 ? Ss May25 0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd root 913 0.0 0.1 92780 2948 ? Ssl May25 0:02 NetworkManager root 1016 0.0 0.0 7084 596 ? S May25 0:00 \_ /sbin/dhcli root 917 0.0 0.0 64656 1704 ? S May25 0:00 /usr/sbin/modem root 918 0.0 0.1 59768 2080 ? Sl May25 0:00 /usr/sbin/conso root 920 0.0 0.1 64156 2116 ? Sl May25 0:00 /usr/lib/policy root 998 0.0 0.0 28812 1064 ? S May25 0:00 /sbin/wpa_suppl macho 1074 0.0 0.0 26400 220 ? S May25 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-l macho 1075 0.0 0.1 26704 2568 ? Ss May25 0:07 //bin/dbus-daem macho 1083 0.0 0.1 57264 3240 ? S May25 0:03 /usr/lib/libgco macho 1090 0.0 0.1 88544 1928 ? Sl May25 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome- macho 1094 0.0 0.3 460028 6716 ? Ssl May25 0:04 /usr/lib/gnome- macho 1100 0.0 0.0 51972 1616 ? S May25 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g macho 1105 0.0 0.0 81008 1100 ? Ssl May25 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs// macho 1112 0.0 0.2 283492 5224 ? S<sl May25 1:15 /usr/bin/pulsea macho 1192 0.0 0.0 115836 1584 ? Sl May25 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/pu rtkit 1114 0.0 0.0 37628 892 ? SNl May25 0:00 /usr/lib/rtkit/ macho 1172 0.0 0.4 116324 8288 ? Sl May25 0:00 /usr/bin/python macho 1191 0.0 0.0 6860 428 ? S May25 0:00 \_ /bin/cat macho 1201 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z May25 0:00 \_ macho 1194 0.0 1.8 496064 34084 ? Ssl May25 0:19 /home/macho/.dr macho 1199 0.0 0.1 56700 2092 ? S May25 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g macho 1208 0.0 0.4 231872 8440 ? Sl May25 0:01 /usr/lib/notify root 1218 0.0 0.1 77624 2220 ? Sl May25 0:00 /usr/lib/upower macho 1222 0.0 0.3 263956 6208 ? Sl May25 0:01 /usr/lib/evolut macho 1307 0.0 0.1 67932 2504 ? S May25 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g root 1309 0.0 0.1 62152 2888 ? Sl May25 0:03 /usr/lib/udisks root 1310 0.0 0.0 45168 508 ? S May25 0:04 \_ udisks-daem macho 1313 0.0 0.0 59568 1392 ? S May25 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g macho 1316 0.0 0.0 73364 1388 ? Sl May25 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g macho 1345 0.0 0.1 56928 1924 ? Sl May25 0:00 /usr/lib/d-conf macho 1361 0.0 0.8 392652 16108 ? Sl May25 0:27 /usr/lib/unity/ macho 1364 0.0 0.1 111268 2532 ? Sl May25 0:00 /usr/lib/unity- macho 1365 0.0 0.1 133928 2796 ? Sl May25 0:01 /usr/lib/unity- macho 1396 0.0 0.2 219308 4828 ? S May25 0:00 /usr/lib/bamf/b macho 1405 0.0 0.2 266788 3940 ? Sl May25 0:00 /usr/lib/indica macho 1406 0.0 0.1 165716 2056 ? Sl May25 0:00 /usr/lib/indica macho 1408 0.0 0.4 249704 7896 ? Sl May25 0:01 /usr/lib/indica macho 1410 0.0 0.1 170700 2988 ? Sl May25 0:00 /usr/lib/indica macho 1412 0.0 0.1 176072 2596 ? Sl May25 0:00 /usr/lib/indica macho 1421 0.0 0.2 143056 3688 ? Sl May25 0:03 /usr/lib/indica macho 1448 0.0 0.1 93680 2452 ? Sl May25 0:01 /usr/lib/geoclu macho 1454 0.0 0.0 175964 1648 ? Ss May25 0:00 gnome-screensav macho 1456 0.0 0.0 52232 1512 ? S May25 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g macho 1484 0.0 0.0 45732 1448 ? S May25 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g macho 1544 4.9 27.0 1408388 485832 ? Sl May25 71:34 /usr/lib/firefo macho 1638 0.1 0.2 235724 4656 ? Sl May25 1:27 \_ /usr/lib/fi macho 1653 0.6 1.5 136128 28296 ? Sl May25 9:19 \_ /usr/li macho 1650 0.0 1.0 298572 19240 ? Sl May25 1:12 /usr/bin/python root 1773 0.0 0.0 21768 1076 ? Ss May25 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron macho 1816 0.0 3.2 716440 58112 ? Sl May25 0:26 /usr/lib/thunde macho 2459 0.0 0.0 12312 1276 ? S May25 0:00 bash /usr/bin/b macho 2465 0.5 4.2 931836 75512 ? Sl May25 3:31 \_ banshee /us macho 2487 0.0 1.1 213968 19908 ? S May25 0:00 /usr/bin/python macho 3255 1.8 0.8 261420 15720 ? Sl 08:20 0:00 gnome-terminal macho 3261 0.0 0.0 14612 816 ? S 08:20 0:00 \_ gnome-pty-h macho 3262 0.0 0.1 21016 2284 pts/0 Ss 08:20 0:00 \_ bash macho 3264 0.0 0.0 17952 1168 pts/0 R+ 08:20 0:00 \_ ps auxx $ sudo su - # initctl list # initctl status udev # initctl --version true (GNU coreutils) 8.5 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Jim Meyering. # initctl -v start cron # initctl -v start udev
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First of all initctl is not a part of GNU coreutils. That is a part of upstart.
Code:dpkg -S `which initctl` ls -l `which initctl` file `which initctl`
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AHA! Earlier I was following these instructions to build a custom bootable Ubuntu USB stick and I guess I missed restoring the initctl diversion. I undid it now and I think things are working.
Thanks so much for your patience in helping me figure this out.
Code:$ dpkg -S `which initctl` local diversion from: /sbin/initctl local diversion to: /sbin/initctl.distrib upstart: /sbin/initctl $ ls -l `which initctl` lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-04-30 20:16 /sbin/initctl -> /bin/true $ file `which initctl` /sbin/initctl: symbolic link to `/bin/true' $ ls -l /sbin/initctl.distrib -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 147208 2011-04-20 17:56 /sbin/initctl.distrib $ file /sbin/initctl.distrib /sbin/initctl.distrib: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, stripped
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