I think you all understood me wrong: LK wrote <[email protected]>:
> On Arch Linux there is a variable with all important things to > be run, like dhcpcd, ssh, apache, and so on. If I want i can > simply prepend a '@' to be begin to start it in the background. > I miss that ease on gentoo. > I mean, rc-update adds a service in such a way, that the booting waits for that service to complete startup. Now I would like to start the service in the background to speed the boot up. I was able to do this kind of stuff in arch: SERVICES="udev nxserver @dhcpcd @ssh" Where the services preceeded by a AT are backgroundified. TIA... On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 5:10 AM, Frank Steinmetzger <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 09:50:34AM -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > > > If you emerge ifplugd it should automatically let network start > > immediately at boot, and then do the actual connection in the > > background. It also handles unplug/plugging of the cable without you > > needing to do anything. > > I started a reply naming ifplugd, but then discarded it again in fear I was > unable to explain the technical background of what it actually does. :o) > > I've been using ifplugd for years, but a while ago switched to netplug for > no > concrete reason. Do you by any chance know the difference between the two? > All I know is that they do basically the same and both their distfile is > only > a few kB in size. Even their package description is the same. What the heck are you even talking about? I am sorry to have explained it wrong.
