Michael Doyle wrote:
>
> On Tue, 02 Mar 1999, you wrote:
> > Michael Doyle wrote:
>
> > > Now when booting under v5.3 I get the same but the first instance has an error
> > > message, stating that the file or directory was not found, or some thing close
> > > to this, then the second instance, all clear and the system boots.
> > >
> > > This does not appear to be any great problem, but I would like a clean boot,
> > > and are the 2 instances needed???
> > >
> >
> > Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit and remove the final two lines that read:
> >
> > # Feed entropy into the entropy pool
> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/random start
> >
> > They're issued earlier in the script, causing the double messages.
> >
> > If any Mandrake development people are reading, there's also a small
> > buglet that causes a message "/etc/sysconfig/i18n not found" to be
> > issued during bootup. From looking at the rc.sysinit script, it looks
> > like the line that reads:
> >
> > . /etc/sysconfig/i18n
> >
> > should be wrapped in an if statement, or have that sourcing depend upon
> > having foreign language support installed (I assume that's what would
> > install the i18n file).
> >
>
> G'day Steve
>
> Thanks for the reply and the fix to the mutiple instances. Made me feel better
> was starting to think it was me :-)))
Nah, it wasn't you. I noticed it also and did a bit of script hacking
to get rid of it.
Next on my list is to fix linux_logo to get rid of the doubling of the
processor maker and the word "processor". Dunno whether it's just an
issue with 2.2.x kernels, since I've already ditched the provided 2.0.x
kernel. Anyone else see this?
--
Steve Philp "Oh Lord, I go for penguins. 'Cause penguins are
[EMAIL PROTECTED] so sensitive to my needs..." --Lyle Lovett
