Re: How to see the output of a custom init script on Lenny?

2009-01-22 Thread Sander Marechal
Jeff D wrote: I just tested this out on my Lenny system and it appears to work: Thanks. I tested your script on my system but nothing appears on the screen at all. When I shut down or reboot, the only thing I see on the console is: --- Shutting down, please wait --- or: --- Restarting, please

Re: How to see the output of a custom init script on Lenny?

2009-01-22 Thread Sander Marechal
Ken Irving wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:21:55PM +0100, Sander Marechal wrote: Is there nobody who knows how to show the stdout ouput of an init script during shutdown? My guess is that the answer is no. Output should just show up on the console after you initiate shutdown from

Re: How to see the output of a custom init script on Lenny?

2009-01-22 Thread Ken Irving
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 09:16:01AM +0100, Sander Marechal wrote: Ken Irving wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:21:55PM +0100, Sander Marechal wrote: Is there nobody who knows how to show the stdout ouput of an init script during shutdown? My guess is that the answer is no. Output

Re: How to see the output of a custom init script on Lenny?

2009-01-22 Thread Sander Marechal
Ken Irving wrote: A red message? I missed the earlier part of the thread so don't know what you're dealing with, but I suspect you must be in a gui environment, and telling the system to shut down via a mouse click or something. Yes. I am using the standard Debian Deskop task, so that's Gnome

Re: How to see the output of a custom init script on Lenny?

2009-01-22 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 02:48:16PM +0100, Sander Marechal s.marec...@jejik.com was heard to say: If you turn off your gui environment and shutdown from a console, e.g., hit Alt-F1 to go to tty1, then enter sudo shutdown -h now or similar, then I would think you'd see some messages there.

Re: How to see the output of a custom init script on Lenny?

2009-01-22 Thread Ken Irving
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 02:48:16PM +0100, Sander Marechal wrote: Ken Irving wrote: A red message? I missed the earlier part of the thread so don't know what you're dealing with, but I suspect you must be in a gui environment, and telling the system to shut down via a mouse click or

Re: How to see the output of a custom init script on Lenny?

2009-01-21 Thread Sander Marechal
Is there nobody who knows how to show the stdout ouput of an init script during shutdown? Kind regards, -- Sander Marechal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: How to see the output of a custom init script on Lenny?

2009-01-21 Thread Ken Irving
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:21:55PM +0100, Sander Marechal wrote: Is there nobody who knows how to show the stdout ouput of an init script during shutdown? My guess is that the answer is no. Output should just show up on the console after you initiate shutdown from there. Until the console

Re: How to see the output of a custom init script on Lenny?

2009-01-21 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Sander Marechal wrote: Is there nobody who knows how to show the stdout ouput of an init script during shutdown? Could you perhaps tee the output to /dev/console or /dev/tty ? Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broadband Solutions now including VoIP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: How to see the output of a custom init script on Lenny?

2009-01-21 Thread Jeff D
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Sander Marechal wrote: Hello, I have written a simplistic custom init script that makes a backup of my entire system using `rsync -vv`. I have symlinked this script as /etc/rc0.d/K00backup and /etc/rc6.d/K00backup so that the backup occurs whenever I reboot or shut

How to see the output of a custom init script on Lenny?

2009-01-20 Thread Sander Marechal
Hello, I have written a simplistic custom init script that makes a backup of my entire system using `rsync -vv`. I have symlinked this script as /etc/rc0.d/K00backup and /etc/rc6.d/K00backup so that the backup occurs whenever I reboot or shut down. When I was using Etch I would see the output of