On 23 May 1997, Milan Zamazal wrote: > I know nothing about runlevel standards, just my opinions:
Same here. > >>>>> "AK" == Alexander Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > AK: level 1 is without net, 2 is with it all (imo including nfs > AK: and the like) and 3 is xdm, 6 was shutdown or halt or > AK: whatsoever. at least that i remember from some german > AK: distribution. > > I'm no big sysadmin but I think we can use all 1 to 4 levels. One > free runlevel could be enough (in actually, if *I* need some > modifications, I make them by modifying existing runlevels not > creating new ones). > > AK: default runlevel is 2 so why should nfs start with 3? > > I'd like something similar to: > 1: single user > 2: multiuser with minimal networking, probably without offering services > 3: full networking (NFS, xfs, anonymous ftp, ...) > 4: xdm? (yes, it is common on Slackware and RedHat to start xdm > according to runlevel, but maybe Debian /etc/X11/config concept is > better) No, we don't need xdm in runlevel 4. A better solution would be this (but it is more difficult, requires multiple inetd.conf files):- 2: multiuser, minimal networking, no networking daemons (including inetd). 3: multiuser, "client" networking (rpc.ugidd, ident, etc.) 4: multiuser, "server" networking (ftp, http, finger, etc.) > 5: empty for making special local runlevel? Yes, good idea. > So if I want to do something without being too used from outer world, > I can switch to level 2 (and I can still telnet or ftp somewhere). > > AK: if 3 gets xdm, perhaps gpm should be disabled and the like? > > Remark: gpm should be disabled only when it doesn't work as a > repeater. It doesn't need to be disabled, it just saves memory. It will detect when X starts up, and give up its own handling of the mouse. Only PS/2 mouse devices used cause a major problem with this (single-open only), but they don't do that any more IIRC. > BTW, I don't like RedHat concept of empty level *4*. When I upgraded > HW on some RedHat machine, I lowered default level from 5 to 4 in > expection it will disable just xdm. Then I spent an hour looking for > explanation, why many services don't start after changing HW. After I > explored runlevel 4 was empty, I was far from being polite... Agreed. I think a better way than doing runlevels directly in packages, though, may be to set a package startup script's "type" - minnet, netclient, netserver, misc, etc. Then, define runlevels to include certain "types" of script. Just an idea (very difficult to implement with symlinks for /etc/rc?.d), what does anyone else think? -- Tom Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.lpsg.demon.co.uk/ PGP ID 87D4D065, fingerprint 2A 66 86 9D 02 4D A6 1E B8 A2 17 9D 4F 9B 89 D6 finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for full public key (also available on keyservers) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
