> Sorry to answer a question with another one, but how do I know to which > group the services should be added? > > That really might be the solution of my problem. And, yes, it is really X . > > This is the output from rc-uptate -s : > acpid | default > alsasound | default > apcupsd | default > bootmisc | boot > bootsplash | default > checkfs | boot > checkroot | boot > clock | boot > consolefont | boot > consolekit | default > cupsd | default > dbus | default > ddclient | default > fbcondecor | default > gpm | default > hald | default > hdparm | default > hostname | boot > keymaps | boot > kmyfirewall | default > lm_sensors | default > local | default nonetwork > localmount | boot > modules | boot > net.eth2 | default > net.lo | boot > numlock | default > rdate | default > rmnologin | boot > serial | boot > smartd | default > sysklogd | default > urandom | boot > vixie-cron | default > xdm | default > > Thanks again > Francisco >
Looking over those everything seems fine, i was hoping an obvious problem like xdm being in the boot group could have been a cause. Again, just to rule out the obvious, your sure your seeing xdm start up early and not the framebuffer splash? One other thing to check is whether you have parallel startup enabled, depending on whether your using openrc or not, this may be in /etc/rc.conf or /etc/conf.d/rc (or a similar location, i dont quite remember it exactly). Look for the following (or similar incase its changed): # Set to "YES" if you want the rc system to try and start services # in parallel for a slight speed improvement. When running in parallel we # prefix the service output with it's name as the output will get # jumbled up. # WARNING: whilst we have improved parallel, it can still potentially lock # the boot process. Don't file bugs about this unless you can supply # patches that fix it without breaking other things! rc_parallel="NO" Ideally you want it set to NO to ensure everything starts when it is meant to. Hopefully one of these suggestions will help, if not the next idea is to move to openrc if your not already as that may help, although there is some risk involved in the upgrade. - Nick
