David&Mark, thanks for your explanation. I changed the runlevel to 2 and now it works. I'll leave it that way, until i've learned some more about those start scripts :)
Thanks Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Z Maze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 7:52 PM Subject: Re: Inittab: command not executed > "D.J. Bolderman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In /etc/inittab i have the following line to start my adsl connection: > > a1:35:once:/usr/sbin/adsl start > > However, during bootup this line is not executed, because i still have to > > start my connection manually. I can't find anything in the logs either. > > Anyone have a clue ? > > That looks like it should attempt to run that command in runlevels 3 > and 5, but on Debian the default runlevel is usually 2. Maybe this is > the problem? > > I'm also unclear why you aren't doing this the more "normal" way: > > -- Create /etc/init.d/adsl (copied from the skeleton file there); > perhaps your /usr/sbin/adsl is what this script should be. > -- Create symlinks in /etc/rc3.d and /etc/rc5.d (and possibly > elsewhere, if you want this for all runlevels) that point to > ../init.d/adsl (e.g. 'ln -s ../init.d/adsl S90adsl'). > > This also makes it far easier to adjust things; I find it much less > painful to run (for a more conrete example) '/etc/init.d/gdm restart' > when my display manager breaks on Debian, compared to changing > runlevels twice to kick it on Red Hat. > > -- > David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ > "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." > -- Abra Mitchell > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
