On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Peter B. Steiger wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 12:41 +0100, Declan Moriarty wrote: > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/udev was crapping out quite early and noiselessly in > > the script. > > I have yet to build LFS (this is my third) without needing to spend time > debugging init script problems. I end up filling the scripts with lines > like "Here I am about to load /proc" followed by "read -t 60" (so it > will pause long enough for me to read the message, but not hang if I > forget to remove it later). Since /var may not be loaded yet, I can't > count on a boot log to record the events so I need to be able to watch > diagnostic messages on the screen as they occur. > > Actually, if you can see the messages, you're not too far off getting it working : /me ruefully remembers failing to create /dev/console on his first outing with udev :)
But seriously, for anything at all off the beaten-track (e.g. pbbuttonsd with some of its dependencies as modules) verbosity in the bootscripts is the way to go. Ken -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
