Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

Tom Horsley wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:13:10 -0400 Bob Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I probably looked at /etc/event.d/rcS so many times that I saw less each time. What is missing? As near as I can tell, all the "awk" command in there does is look for the first line with "init

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 18:59 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:08:54 -0430 > "Patrick O'Callaghan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why does it need fixing? The comment in /etc/inittab says exactly what > > it's for, and that's exactly what it does. Specifically, it says > > that /

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:08:54 -0430 "Patrick O'Callaghan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why does it need fixing? The comment in /etc/inittab says exactly what > it's for, and that's exactly what it does. Specifically, it says > that /etc/inittab is no longer used for general-purpose setup (as it was

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 16:54 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:13:10 -0400 > Bob Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I probably looked at /etc/event.d/rcS so many times that I saw less each > > time. What is missing? > > As near as I can tell, all the "awk" command in there d

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:13:10 -0400 Bob Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I probably looked at /etc/event.d/rcS so many times that I saw less each > time. What is missing? As near as I can tell, all the "awk" command in there does is look for the first line with "initdefault" in the 3rd ":" sep

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

Tom Horsley wrote: On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:25:05 -0400 Bob Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have never before had this kind of problem. The kind where the developers go off on some experimentation tangent, but supply so little information for the users. I'm disappointed in Fedora 9.

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:25:05 -0400 Bob Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have never before had this kind of problem. The kind where > the developers go off on some experimentation tangent, but > supply so little information for the users. I'm disappointed in > Fedora 9. That's hard to believ

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

in runlevel 3, but then immediatly change to runlevel 5. /etc/inittab leads off with "inittab is only used by upstart for the default runlevel." Therefore, it appears that it is used to set the default runlevel. However, according to this forum exchange, it's ignored by upstar

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

Javier Perez wrote: On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Tom Horsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:44:19 -0400 Bob Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > I'd sure like to > know what other process is runn

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Tom Horsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:44:19 -0400 > Bob Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd sure like to > > know what other process is running while /bin/login is waiting for me to > > login. > > Maybe you could replace telinit wi

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:44:19 -0400 Bob Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd sure like to > know what other process is running while /bin/login is waiting for me to > login. Maybe you could replace telinit with a script that does a ps to a log file, then execs the original telinit? I certain

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

g wrote: Kevin J. Cummings wrote: menu.lst is better known in the Fedora world as: /etc/grub.conf if menu.lst is left as a link, which it does not seem to have to be. I have employed the brute force solution: /usr/sbin/gdm [F8:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/rc.d]# l /usr/sbin/gdm -rwxr-xr-x

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

Kevin J. Cummings wrote: menu.lst is better known in the Fedora world as: /etc/grub.conf if menu.lst is left as a link, which it does not seem to have to be. -- yes. i am running fedora 8, using mozilla thunderbird. and it feels good. ;o) tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, w

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

Tom Horsley wrote: Thanks, guys, but it's not in /boot/grub/grub.conf. I'm sorry I didn't list every file I've looked at, but I have looked at everything in /etc/rc.d. I ran these commands: But startup is now being done via "upstart". You also need to poke around in /etc/event.d for possi

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

> Thanks, guys, but it's not in /boot/grub/grub.conf. I'm sorry I didn't > list every file I've looked at, but I have looked at everything in > /etc/rc.d. I ran these commands: But startup is now being done via "upstart". You also need to poke around in /etc/event.d for possible culprits :-). -

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

Kevin J. Cummings wrote: g wrote: Bob Barrett wrote: It looks like it has booted in runlevel 3, but something is then running "telinit 5". I've searched recent mails to this list, and I've searched the startup scripts, /etc/rc.d/rc3.d, etc., but have not been able to find anything. Any sugges

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

g wrote: Bob Barrett wrote: It looks like it has booted in runlevel 3, but something is then running "telinit 5". I've searched recent mails to this list, and I've searched the startup scripts, /etc/rc.d/rc3.d, etc., but have not been able to find anything. Any suggestions? another place to

Re: Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

Bob Barrett wrote: It looks like it has booted in runlevel 3, but something is then running "telinit 5". I've searched recent mails to this list, and I've searched the startup scripts, /etc/rc.d/rc3.d, etc., but have not been able to find anything. Any suggestions? another place to check migh

Fedora 9 & runlevel 3

I have never liked starting in X. I like to start in runlevel 3 and start if, and when I want with startx. I have fixed /etc/inittab. The boot sequence looks like it will start in runlevel 3. All the messages show right up to login in tty1. The login prompt lasts about half a second, then the