Cool. Thanks, Ed. No man page, but at least there's help:
# update-rc.d --help usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN] update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] . -n: not really -f: force
# update-rc.d apache defaults Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/apache ... /etc/rc0.d/K20apache -> ../init.d/apache /etc/rc1.d/K20apache -> ../init.d/apache /etc/rc6.d/K20apache -> ../init.d/apache /etc/rc2.d/S20apache -> ../init.d/apache /etc/rc3.d/S20apache -> ../init.d/apache /etc/rc4.d/S20apache -> ../init.d/apache /etc/rc5.d/S20apache -> ../init.d/apache
Hmm. That command could use a bit nicer interface. For example, a -- list option would be nice, like the one in chkconfig.
I had a man page. Hmmm.
Googling turned up hints that you can use this command to configure X to start in level 5 and not in level 3. I must have done a funky install at home, because this should be the default.
There are/have been talks to improve the situation, in light of LSB efforts, etc. For instance, this affects how some software needs to install itself as a service, etc. A common command/script, API or other interface should suffice.
What I don't know is how the various Debian based distros deal with this. Libranet, Xandros, Knoppic etc.
Also, what I don't grok very well is how the various boot options get passed arround. Like how does setting options for screen geometry in the knoppix boot loader affect X which doesn't happen until latter in the boot process when the init scripts are running.
So much to learn, so little time to learn it. An entire semester's course could be taught detailing the boot process in various OS's (from Windows to Unix to Linux (various distros) and MacOSX) This could come under the hading of system admin, home customization or security.
Ed
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