Re: systemd support for init level use case

and a number of data volumes (i.e. nothing system-critical like /usr or /var). I boot into init level 2, which does not bring up the RAID, much less encryption, LVM, or mounted filesystems. I then log in as root on the console and run a script to bring up the additional filesystems, particularly

Re: systemd support for init level use case

system-critical like /usr or /var). I boot into init level 2, which does not bring up the RAID, much less encryption, LVM, or mounted filesystems. I then log in as root on the console and run a script to bring up the additional filesystems, particularly the encryption. This requires interaction

systemd support for init level use case

, the script runs /sbin/telinit 3 to start additional services which depend on those filesystems (apache2, exim4, fetchmail, etc.). I don't always want to bring everything up, and I certainly don't want boot to hang on user input waiting for the encryption password. Does systemd have some init level

xdm init level question

I'm sure this has been discussed before (I have an uneasy feeling it may be a oh no, not this again question); maybe someone can put the rationale into a file in /usr/share/doc/ somewhere? I tried searching the list archives (user, x, boot, etc.) with various keywords (init, xdm, level, etc.) but

Re: xdm init level question

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Paul D. Smith wrote: I'm sure this has been discussed before (I have an uneasy feeling it may be a oh no, not this again question); maybe someone can put the rationale into a file in /usr/share/doc/ somewhere? I tried searching the

Re: xdm init level question

I'm glad this question was asked - I'm learning a lot on this list. I plan to set my system up like this, so I don't boot directly into X, but how should I start xdm? If I run xdm or switch to a runlevel with X, will I still be logged in as root? What if X crashes and returns the system to non-X,

RE: xdm init level question

On 17-Aug-2000 Paul D. Smith wrote: I'm sure this has been discussed before (I have an uneasy feeling it may be a oh no, not this again question); maybe someone can put the rationale into a file in /usr/share/doc/ somewhere? I tried searching the list archives (user, x, boot, etc.) with

Re: xdm init level question

John Reinke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JR I'm glad this question was asked - I'm learning a lot on this list. JR I plan to set my system up like this, so I don't boot directly into X, but JR how should I start xdm? If I run xdm or switch to a runlevel with X, will JR I still be logged in as root?

Re: xdm init level question

%% David Z. Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: dzm So X and console login, under Linux, is *not* an either-or case. dzm Under the default Debian setup, you get console logins on tty1..6, and dzm X starts (by default) on tty7. This means that you can press dzm Ctrl+Alt+F1..6 to get six

Re: xdm init level question

On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 04:06:58PM -0500, John Reinke wrote: I'm glad this question was asked - I'm learning a lot on this list. I plan to set my system up like this, so I don't boot directly into X, but how should I start xdm? If I run xdm or switch to a runlevel with X, will I still be

Re: xdm init level question

%% Lehel Bernadt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: lb If you had looked more carefully, you would have seen that xdm lb isn't started only at runlevel 2, it's started at every runlevel. Who says I didn't look carefully enough to see that? I did notice it's started at all levels above 1. I want a

Re: xdm init level question

%% Noah L. Meyerhans [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: nlm Basically, I seem to recall the sysvinit maintainer saying that nlm this is done simply to maximize the flexibility for the admin. nlm Where other distributions and sysvinit based Unixes define some nlm policy regarding what is started at

Re: init level

Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Linh Dang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got some diskcorruptions on my root partition. After some dpkg --install, my system is now running fine. But I can't change run-level anymore... $ telinit 1 No more

init level

I've got some diskcorruptions on my root partition. After some dpkg --install, my system is now running fine. But I can't change run-level anymore... $ telinit 1 No more processes in this runlevel Another question, what is the file /etc/runlevel ??? I might have lost it during

Re: init level

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Linh Dang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got some diskcorruptions on my root partition. After some dpkg --install, my system is now running fine. But I can't change run-level anymore... $ telinit 1 No more processes in this runlevel Which version of