On Friday, 29 March 2024 15:16:18 CEST Michael wrote: > On Friday, 29 March 2024 13:30:23 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > To improve the bootup time of my server, I want to enable "parallel", > > however, I run into an issue where some of the services take longer than > > 60 > > seconds to start, causing this to be classed as "not started", which then > > kills the entire boot sequence. > > > > Boot, obviously, goes fine with parallel off, but I am certain I can > > reduce > > the boot time significantly using parallel. I also spent quite some time > > checking dependencies between the services to ensure they are all present. > > > > Now, how do I configure a longer timeout? Preferably on a per-service > > basis, but at the very least, globally. > > > > Many thanks in advance, > > > > Joost > > Take a look in /etc/rc.conf, the section titled "SERVICE CONFIGURATION > VARIABLES".
None of the entries in that entire file have any influence on the timeout. I did manage to find out a way by looking at the code: 1) The timeout is hardcoded to 60 seconds (which is stupid design) 2) The only option is to disable the timeout for a service entirely and add a more sane timeout to the init-script. -- Joost
