On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 08:16:07AM -0500, John J. Foster wrote: > > > I did note something I consider quite odd, though. While rebooting, > local.start runs right _before_ inittab starts to bring the system to > runlevel 3. > > A couple thing here. > > rc-status shows /etc/init.d/local as part of the _default_ runlevel. > > /etc/init.d/local stop - warns about shutting a boot service. This > warning only happens the first time it is stopped after a reboot. > Subsequent stops and starts produce no warnings. > > It looks to me like _local_ is for some reason being started earlier > than it should, or my understanding of the boot process is limited. > OK, I may have found the answer here, which I'll verify tonight when I get home and can watch a reboot.
/etc/init.d/local needsme showed that /etc/init.d/splash was dependent on local. splash was in the boot runlevel, although I haven't used splash for a few months now, and obviously forgot to remove it. I am pretty sure this will solve my problem. I'll let you know. John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal
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