Here is another basic gentoo newbie question - what is the logic
behind the way runlevels work in gentoo??
I am used to the traditional numeric runlevels, with:
runlevel 0 - System halt
runlevel 1 - Single user mode
runlevel 2 - Local multiuser without remote network (e.g. NFS)
runlevel 3 - Full multiuser with network
runlevel 5 - Full multiuser with network and xdm
runlevel 6 - System reboot (Do not use this for initdefault!)
With runlevel defaulting to the value specified in /etc/inittab,
and changeable with 'telinit <level>'.
However on my gentoo, whilst the /etc/inittab file contains:
#
# Default runlevel.
id:3:initdefault:
and the telinit program is documented as having syntax:
/sbin/telinit [ -t sec ] [ 0123456sSQqabcUu ]
whereas the installation instructions refer to the use of 'rc-update'
with 'named' runlevels, or which only one named 'default' is made
reference to.
The rc-update manpage does not indicate how where the runlevel definitions
are stored, how to define new runlevels, and how to determine which is
to be default - or how it relates to the setting in /etc/inittab, if
indeed it does.
So how does it work? Is there a comprehensive description of the
philosophy and implementation of the new paradigm somewhere?
Thanks,
DigbyT
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