Philip Dillon-Thiselton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >OK - i did a patch for it, know you are all capable of >doing this >yourself but patches seem to encourage results. I put >it straight after >the procfs is mounted, that is the earliest it can be >done. Sure there >of plenty of reasons why it should be later so you >best let me know what >they are. > >http://dtw.jiwe.org/share/downloads/sysctl.dif > >Phil
It needs to be done after the modules in rc.conf are loaded. The mplayer setting, for example, needs the rtc module to be loaded or else there won't be any /proc/sys/dev/rtc. /Philip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >This does seem pretty fair to me, I dont see why rc.sysinit can't do a >sysctl -p if /etc/sysctl.conf exists - then just need to an instruction to >the mplayer.install to tell you to make sysctl.conf and add the command - >everybody is happy then! > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Patrick Leslie Polzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: 19 May 2005 00:13 >>To: General Discusson about Arch Linux >>Subject: Re: [arch] sysctl.conf >> >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>Aaron Griffin wrote: >> >> >>>However, why is an mplayer setting in rc.sysinit? I don't use mplayer, >>>my server doesn't use mplayer - so why do they have this setting? >>> >>> >>Same thing: why is stuff about console fonts there? >>_My_ server does not have a screen! What's the difference? >>Anyway, we are talking mainly about "sysctl -p" belonging there. >>And that's a very flexible thing; the mplayer line _could_ then be >>added to /etc/sysctl.conf (and I advocate this, but that is out >>of rc.sysinit) - or not. >> >> >>Kind regards, >> >>Leslie >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) >>Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >> >>iD8DBQFCi2mjn/ep3VLXAokRArxkAKCxj9U2y7zvIbN/Lh9tXzVMWpTZagCfQ9Sq >>1n+GLomRlq5LWikUtBnBlxE= >>=SN0Z >>-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >>_______________________________________________ >>arch mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch >> >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005 >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
