On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Francisco Ares <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Nick Cunningham <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Sorry to answer a question with another one, but how do I know to which >>> group the services should be added? >>> >>> That really might be the solution of my problem. And, yes, it is really X >>> . >>> >>> This is the output from rc-uptate -s : >>> acpid | default >>> alsasound | default >>> apcupsd | default >>> bootmisc | boot >>> bootsplash | default >>> checkfs | boot >>> checkroot | boot >>> clock | boot >>> consolefont | boot >>> consolekit | default >>> cupsd | default >>> dbus | default >>> ddclient | default >>> fbcondecor | default >>> gpm | default >>> hald | default >>> hdparm | default >>> hostname | boot >>> keymaps | boot >>> kmyfirewall | default >>> lm_sensors | default >>> local | default nonetwork >>> localmount | boot >>> modules | boot >>> net.eth2 | default >>> net.lo | boot >>> numlock | default >>> rdate | default >>> rmnologin | boot >>> serial | boot >>> smartd | default >>> sysklogd | default >>> urandom | boot >>> vixie-cron | default >>> xdm | default >>> >>> Thanks again >>> Francisco >>> >> >> Looking over those everything seems fine, i was hoping an obvious problem >> like xdm being in the boot group could have been a cause. >> >> Again, just to rule out the obvious, your sure your seeing xdm start up >> early and not the framebuffer splash? >> >> One other thing to check is whether you have parallel startup enabled, >> depending on whether your using openrc or not, this may be in /etc/rc.conf >> or /etc/conf.d/rc (or a similar location, i dont quite remember it exactly). >> Look for the following (or similar incase its changed): >> # Set to "YES" if you want the rc system to try and start services >> # in parallel for a slight speed improvement. When running in parallel we >> # prefix the service output with it's name as the output will get >> # jumbled up. >> # WARNING: whilst we have improved parallel, it can still potentially lock >> # the boot process. Don't file bugs about this unless you can supply >> # patches that fix it without breaking other things! >> rc_parallel="NO" >> >> Ideally you want it set to NO to ensure everything starts when it is meant >> to. >> >> Hopefully one of these suggestions will help, if not the next idea is to >> move to openrc if your not already as that may help, although there is some >> risk involved in the upgrade. >> >> - Nick >> > > > rc_parallel="NO" (I have tried once, but gave up) and it is really X, I use > "verbose" framebuffer images > > Gonna check that openrc, though. > > But, while re-emerging sysvinit: > > " > * WARNING: You have older net.* files in /etc/init.d/ > * They need to be converted to symlinks to net.lo. If you haven't > * made personal changes to those files, you can update with the > * following command: > ... > " > > Do the net.* also belong to the boot group of init scripts? This is a > snippet of the end of the boot screen: > > " > * Setting framebuffer console images ... [ ok ] > * Starting gpm ... [ ok ] > * Setting up kdm ... [ ok ] > * Loading ALSA modules ... > * Loading: snd-seq-oss ... [ ok ] > * Loading: snd-pcm-oss ... [ ok ] > * Restoring Mixer Levels ... [ ok ] > * Starting > * no interface module has been loaded > * Starting eth2 > * Bringing up eth2 > * adsl > * Starting ADSL for eth2 [ ok ] > * Starting APC UPS daemon ... [ ok ] > * Starting cupsd ... [ ok ] > * Starting ddclient ... [ ok ] > Clearing iptables (created by KMyFirewall)... Done. > Starting iptables (created by KMyFirewall)... Done. [ ok ] > * Loading lm_sensors modules... > * Loading coretemp ... [ ok ] > * Initializing sensors ... [ ok ] > * Enabling numlock on ttys ... [ ok ] > * Setting clock via rdate ... [ ok ] > * Starting S.M.A.R.T. monitoring daemon ... [ ok ] > * Starting vixie-cron ... [ ok ] > * Starting local ... [ ok ] > > This is ... > " > > Thanks a lot! > Francisco > Tried to use net.eth2 in boot group: it works, but I still have the init scripts frozen as X starts, up until I hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 and watch them go on. Francisco
