On 16/05/12 13:13, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Ignas Anikevicius > <anikevic...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello everybody, >> >> I was wondering if the following is possible: >> - Add a lot of daemons to a newly created runlevel post-default >> - Switch to it after the xdm is started (or after some time) >> >> I want to do this, so that I do not have to wait while non-crucial >> services are being started (e.g. fcron, bitlbee, ntpd to name a few). >> Maybe it is possible to somehow prioritize the initscripts? >> >> Another related question is that I come from Arch and there I could just >> give the *order* of the daemons/initscripts to start and some of them >> could be started and 'in background'. Is it possible to do that with >> openrc? I saw the rc_parallel option in rc.conf, but I do not know, >> whether I need anything else. > > Be aware that the rc_parallel option has never been really supported, > and it actually doesn't appear in the /etc/rc.conf of the one machine > I have access to that still uses OpenRC. > > You may want to try systemd, it sounds like it does (out of the box) > exactly what you want to. > > Regards.
I did know, that this was removed. If I experience problems I'll remove the option, but maybe I'll remove it all together. I have systemd installed as I wanted to try, but I do not like the way everything is managed. I like the idea of simple bash initscripts, which can be easily extended if needed. I can also write bash scripts, which configure my system the way I want (i.e. set battery charging thresholds or something similar). I do not care for a split second advantage, but I just do not see a lot of point in waiting for bitlbee to start before xdm so that I might need maybe a while after I boot into my computer. Thanks for suggestions to everybody. Cheers, Ignas