Hi Terry,
> Anyone know how to get the message to delay?
Assuming "display". :-) I don't have a Raspbian to poke about, but I'm
assuming /etc/init.d/rc.local exists and it's what runs /etc/rc.local if
it's executable. Make sure it is.
If you're using `echo foo' then that goes to standard out, stdout. But
that might be being discarded. You could try standard error, stderr,
instead with `echo foo >&2'. But that might be being discarded too.
Use
echo foo `date` >>/tmp/i-am-terry
to ensure your commands are running at all by checking that file
afterwards.
Once you know they are because you see some output then you can be
adventurous.
ls -l /proc/self/fd >>/tmp/i-am-terry
That will capture where your stdout, 1, and stderr, 2, are going.
Perhaps /dev/null. The results would be of interest.
And then there's two more to try.
echo this is tty >/dev/tty
echo this is console >/dev/console
You could just put them all in rc.local at once and see what happens.
echo terry: stdout
echo terry: stderr >&2
echo terry: tmp file `date` >>/tmp/i-am-terry
ls -l /proc/self/fd >>/tmp/i-am-terry
echo this is tty >/dev/tty
echo this is console >/dev/console
Cheers, Ralph.
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