bacula-director-mysql: missing runlevels symlinks

2013-05-26 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi all! Yesterday I had to restart a host with Wheezy which I have installed Bacula. After booting, I saw that the process bacula-dir had not started. I tried to start it manually and I had no problem with that. Researching the problem, I found that the symbolic links in different runleves had n

Re: runlevels

2006-11-05 Thread Michael D. Norwick
ChadDavis wrote: > 'dude' ? is that me? I do know what runlevels, sudo and su are. As < snip > >> >> The first thing 'dude' needs to do is figure out what runlevels, >> single-user mode, and 'sudo' or 'su to root' are! >>

Re: runlevels

2006-11-05 Thread Michael D. Norwick
> # /etc/init.d/kdm stop > > or so, adjust on you own needs ;-) > > Kees > The first thing 'dude' needs to do is figure out what runlevels, single-user mode, and 'sudo' or 'su to root' are! Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: runlevels

2006-11-05 Thread Kees de Koster
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ChadDavis wrote: > Yo. I'm installing a nvidia driver, and the script says you must > turn off the xserver. In order to this, since I didn't know how, I > rebooted into runlevel one. Then the script complains about runlevel > one not being enough. Is runlevel on

Re: runlevels

2006-11-05 Thread Rodrigo Paes
On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 10:21:29 -0700 ChadDavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yo. I'm installing a nvidia driver, and the script says you must > turn off the xserver. In order to this, since I didn't know how, I > rebooted into runlevel one. Then the script complains about runlevel > one not being

runlevels

2006-11-05 Thread ChadDavis
Yo. I'm installing a nvidia driver, and the script says you must turn off the xserver. In order to this, since I didn't know how, I rebooted into runlevel one. Then the script complains about runlevel one not being enough. Is runlevel one more of a rescure mode than just a non-graphical mode?

Re: Changing default runlevels

2005-11-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-11-15 13:31:00, schrieb Scott: > I've gathered Debian starts in run level 2 and from there X is started. > > How do I change the setting so that when I log in I don't go any further > than a shell and if I want ex I just type "startx" and enter? apt-get --pruge remove kdm | gdm |wdm | xd

Re: Changing default runlevels

2005-11-15 Thread Scott
Kent West wrote: > Or edit the actual script /etc/init.d/?dm and put "exit 0" as the first > non-comment line in the file, which is one of my favorite methods of > quickly disabling a script. > Thanks. I took your suggestion and it worked perfectly. -- Scott www.angrykeyboarder.com © 2005 ang

Re: Changing default runlevels

2005-11-15 Thread Scott
Scott Denlinger wrote: > > Quoting Mitch Wiedemann [and others] > >>> >>> As a general rule, if you don't want X to start automatically on >>> boot-up, you can either disable, or uninstall, the relevant login >>> manager (xdm, kdm, gdm, or wdm). >>> >> Or, instead of removing the display manager

Re: Changing default runlevels

2005-11-15 Thread Scott Denlinger
Debian has a nice way to do this without worrying about symlinks. It's update-rc.d This is a very versatile utility to administer what gets stopped and started in the various run levels. The man page for this command will get you started. Scott Denlinger Quoting Mitch Wiedemann [and others]

Re: Changing default runlevels

2005-11-15 Thread Kent West
I don't know why but Debian seems to be more cryptic when it comes to this and it's run levels are odd compared with other linux distros. I was browsing through /etc/inittab and found "# Runlevel 0 is halt. # Runlevel 1 is single-user. # Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user. # Runlevel 6

Re: Changing default runlevels

2005-11-15 Thread Mitch Wiedemann
enter? >> >> I don't know why but Debian seems to be more cryptic when it comes to >> this and it's run levels are odd compared with other linux distros. >> >> I was browsing through /etc/inittab and found >> >> "# Runlevel 0 is halt. >

Re: Changing default runlevels

2005-11-15 Thread Kent West
cryptic when it comes to this and it's run levels are odd compared with other linux distros. I was browsing through /etc/inittab and found "# Runlevel 0 is halt. # Runlevel 1 is single-user. # Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user. # Runlevel 6 is reboot." So 2-5 are multi-user and I'v

Changing default runlevels

2005-11-15 Thread Scott
omes to this and it's run levels are odd compared with other linux distros. I was browsing through /etc/inittab and found "# Runlevel 0 is halt. # Runlevel 1 is single-user. # Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user. # Runlevel 6 is reboot." So 2-5 are multi-user and I've gathered 2 is

Re: getty's on runlevels 4 & 5

2004-07-13 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Floris Bruynooghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure if Sun does anything with runlevel 5 or leaves that to the > sysadmin. But that's again besides the point, this is Debian. My point was more about leaving a blank run-level. And as far as runlevels 4/5 go,

Re: getty's on runlevels 4 & 5

2004-07-13 Thread Floris Bruynooghe
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 01:34:40PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Floris Bruynooghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was changing my default runlevels the other day as I wanted runlevel 2 > > to be console only. But that's next to the point really. > > T

Re: getty's on runlevels 4 & 5

2004-07-13 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Floris Bruynooghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I was changing my default runlevels the other day as I wanted runlevel 2 > to be console only. But that's next to the point really. Then you don't understand how the runlevels are organised in Debian. I hav

getty's on runlevels 4 & 5

2004-07-13 Thread Floris Bruynooghe
Hi I was changing my default runlevels the other day as I wanted runlevel 2 to be console only. But that's next to the point really. What I was wondering about is that in /etc/inittab there are only getty's started (per system default) on all 6 VC's for runlevel 2 & 3, not

Re: handling runlevels independently with update-rc.d

2004-06-03 Thread John Hasler
monique writes: > Well, update-rc.d doesn't seem to be designed for tweaking settings once > a package is installed, so what would you suggest? Invoke-rc.d comes closer, but it isn't quite adequate either. Until it has the necessary features added you pretty much have to do it all yourself. Take

Re: handling runlevels independently with update-rc.d

2004-06-03 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2004-06-03, Miquel van Smoorenburg penned: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sebastian > Kügler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> It's probably easier to use `ln -s` than to get update-rc.d working >>> as you would like. >> >>I am now using symlinking rather than update-rc.d, and it seems to >>wor

Re: handling runlevels independently with update-rc.d

2004-06-03 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sebastian Kügler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It's probably easier to use `ln -s` than to get update-rc.d working as >> you would like. > >I am now using symlinking rather than update-rc.d, and it seems to work fine. Sure, until policy changes, the internal implem

Re: handling runlevels independently with update-rc.d

2004-06-03 Thread Sebastian Kügler
On Wednesday 02 June 2004 21:40, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2004-06-01, Sebastian Kügler penned: > > 1) What would you recommend to create the symlinks in the various > > runlevels, what is the preferred way of manipulating the runlevel stuff? > > a)ln -s > > b)upda

Re: handling runlevels independently with update-rc.d

2004-06-02 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2004-06-01, Sebastian Kügler penned: > Hi, > > I am in the course of writing a graphical runlevel editor, and I happen to > have the following questions: > > 1) What would you recommend to create the symlinks in the various runlevels, > what is the preferred way of mani

Re: handling runlevels independently with update-rc.d

2004-06-02 Thread CW Harris
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 01:16:08AM +0200, Sebastian Kügler wrote: > Hi, > > I am in the course of writing a graphical runlevel editor, and I happen to > have the following questions: > > 2) If I remove all symlinks in all runlevels (basically "update-rc.d -f >

handling runlevels independently with update-rc.d

2004-06-01 Thread Sebastian Kügler
Hi, I am in the course of writing a graphical runlevel editor, and I happen to have the following questions: 1) What would you recommend to create the symlinks in the various runlevels, what is the preferred way of manipulating the runlevel stuff? a) ln -s  b) update-rc.d My

init: Default runlevels

2004-05-13 Thread Paul Johnson
initdefault: > > at top and it does not work the same way.. Well, by default, the runlevels are all identical unless you change them. http://ursine.ca/cgi-bin/dwww?type=file&location=/usr/share/doc/sysv-rc/README.runlevels.gz (also located in /usr/share/doc/sysv-rc/README.runlevels.gz on

NFS: Problem in changing runlevels

2003-06-15 Thread ich du
Hello! I have installed Debian Linux 3.0r1 and a home-compiled 2.4.18 kernel (no additional patches) with NFS-kernel-server (compiled in). Everything seems to work, but when I change the runlevel to 1 and to 2 after doing something or simply typing CNTRL-D the system hangs at this point: Starti

Re: runlevels [was: fried(?) computer hangs on boot]

2003-05-30 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Thu, 29 May 2003 19:48:32 -0400 Vikki Roemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your help, everyone. > > My mom asked me about the problem, so I explained it in as much detail > as I could (she's the only person in the family who's not a computer > person, though), and she's convinced t

Re: runlevels [was: fried(?) computer hangs on boot]

2003-05-30 Thread Vikki Roemer
Thanks for your help, everyone. My mom asked me about the problem, so I explained it in as much detail as I could (she's the only person in the family who's not a computer person, though), and she's convinced that there's something physically wrong with the HD (I dunno why, but that's her belie

Re: runlevels [was: fried(?) computer hangs on boot]

2003-05-29 Thread Pigeon
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 10:43:25PM -0400, Vikki Roemer wrote: > Pigeon wrote: > >You can use pwck to verify the integrity of your password files. If > >they're OK it appears that login depends on libpam-modules, libpam0g > >and libc6, giving you four things to check / reinstall... > > They're ok.

Re: runlevels [was: fried(?) computer hangs on boot]

2003-05-29 Thread Pigeon
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 10:34:46AM -0400, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > Well, I would, but I can't log in. I have it booting up now, I get a > login prompt, it'll accept my username, but it hangs trying to > authenticate my password. Do you think this is a problem with login (I > think that's the p

Re: runlevels [was: fried(?) computer hangs on boot]

2003-05-29 Thread Kent West
Vikki Roemer wrote: Kent West wrote: Try "apt-get --reinstall install anacron". Well, I would, but I can't log in. I have it booting up now, I get a login prompt, it'll accept my username, but it hangs trying to authenticate my password. Do you think this is a problem with login (I think

Re: runlevels [was: fried(?) computer hangs on boot]

2003-05-29 Thread Vikki Roemer
Kent West wrote: Vikki Roemer wrote: Did that, got a couple of weird errors, and found out anacron is what's freezing up the system. The errors are: starting blinkenlights: nice: start-stop-daemon: no such file or directory. gdnc unable to make connection to 127.0.0.1:538 -- network is unrea

Re: runlevels [was: fried(?) computer hangs on boot]

2003-05-27 Thread Kent West
Vikki Roemer wrote: < snip re: bootscripts freezing the computer > BTW, what do I do once I find the problem script? Just remove the symlink and then use apt to reinstall it after I get the box back up on its feet? (Hopefully apt and dpkg didn't get fried) Depends on what the problem scr

Re: runlevels [was: fried(?) computer hangs on boot]

2003-05-27 Thread Vikki Roemer
ones are causing you grief. Phew, ok. As I'm booted now, can I manually get to runlevel 3 and run the scripts? I had to manually run the /etc/rcS.d scripts, but I'm not sure about changing runlevels. Is there anything special about runlevels that I can't tweak manually? Or do I ju

Re: about RUNLEVELs -- was "debian rookie"

2003-01-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 05:20:20PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > update-rc.d is a good way to keep the debian package system > up-to-date on your intentions. (sure, you may manually rename or > remove enough files to stop the service from auto-starting, but a > future `apt-get upgrade` may -- or ma

about RUNLEVELs -- was "debian rookie"

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 08:09:29AM -0600, Jeff Hahn wrote: > One quick question to get me going a little better... How do > you install services (apache, samba, whatever) and NOT have > them start on system startup? when i finally figured out HOW to figure this out, i can't tell you how many ligh

Re: debian runlevels revisited

2001-09-19 Thread Alexander Poslavsky
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:31:54 -0700 (PDT) "'cduck' Chris Grierson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Alexander Poslavsky wrote: > > > Hi, > > speaking of runlevels, is there a tool like ntsysv on debian (except for > > ksysv w

Re: debian runlevels

2001-09-19 Thread 'cduck' Chris Grierson
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:22:30AM -0700, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > > with the systems we have here at work, telinit'ing to 1 then 5 > > hangs the system at the nfs-kernel-server rc script (nfsd), > > presumably because the portmapper is stopped,

debian runlevels revisited

2001-09-19 Thread Alexander Poslavsky
Hi, speaking of runlevels, is there a tool like ntsysv on debian (except for ksysv which I do not really like, I prefer st console-based) AP -- Back when I was a boy, we carved our own IC's out of wood.

Re: debian runlevels

2001-09-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 04:11:10PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:22:30AM -0700, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > > with the systems we have here at work, telinit'ing to 1 then 5 > > hangs the system at the nfs-kernel-server rc script (nfsd), > > presumably because the portm

Re: debian runlevels

2001-09-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:22:30AM -0700, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > i am curious as to what the 'norm' is for *debian* regarding > runlevels. that is, is it not a safe method of shutting down > services to switch to runlevel 1, then back to a 'norma

Re: debian runlevels

2001-09-18 Thread David Z Maze
Chris Grierson writes: CG> i am curious as to what the 'norm' is for *debian* regarding CG> runlevels. Runlevels 2-5 are all the same (except, possibly, for the number of getty's started). From what I can tell, runlevels 0 (halt), 1 (single-user), and 6 (reboot) stop mos

Re: debian runlevels

2001-09-18 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:22:30AM -0700, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > with the systems we have here at work, telinit'ing to 1 then 5 > hangs the system at the nfs-kernel-server rc script (nfsd), > presumably because the portmapper is stopped, and not restarted That should work. It doesn't, th

debian runlevels

2001-09-18 Thread 'cduck' Chris Grierson
hello all, i am curious as to what the 'norm' is for *debian* regarding runlevels. that is, is it not a safe method of shutting down services to switch to runlevel 1, then back to a 'normal' runlevel (2-5)? basically, a coworker uses redhat, and he does this often to clean u

Re: x and console runlevels

2001-03-14 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
> > Then I booted again. X still doesn't work on my laptop. > > Mario > > > Gergely Nagy wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I want to be able to eather boot to the console or xdm (gdm). Under Redhat I > > could do that with runlevels out of t

Re: x and console runlevels

2001-03-14 Thread brian moore
installed) is started at each runlevel. >^^ ^^^ ^^ > > This has been puzzling me. Why is there so little (if any) difference > between the runlevels 2-5 on debian? Are they intended

Re: x and console runlevels

2001-03-14 Thread Nathan E Norman
installed) is started at each runlevel. >^^ ^^^ ^^ > > > This has been puzzling me. Why is there so little (if any) difference > between the runlevels 2-5 on debian? Are they intend

Re: x and console runlevels

2001-03-14 Thread Bill Morgan
is started at each runlevel. ^^ ^^^ ^^ This has been puzzling me. Why is there so little (if any) difference between the runlevels 2-5 on debian? Are they intended as templates for the user to customize from? Thanks, Bill

Re: x and console runlevels

2001-03-14 Thread kmself
installed) is started at each runlevel. >^^ ^^^ ^^ > > > This has been puzzling me. Why is there so little (if any) difference > between the runlevels 2-5 on deb

Re: x and console runlevels

2001-03-14 Thread Mario Lombardo
or xdm (gdm). Under Redhat I > could do that with runlevels out of the box. How can I set this up under > Debian? > > Greg > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: x and console runlevels

2001-03-14 Thread kmself
on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 09:45:49PM +0100, Gergely Nagy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi! > > I want to be able to eather boot to the console or xdm (gdm). Under Redhat I > could do that with runlevels out of the box. How can I set this up under > Debian? runlevels, inittab, update

x and console runlevels

2001-03-14 Thread Gergely Nagy
Hi! I want to be able to eather boot to the console or xdm (gdm). Under Redhat I could do that with runlevels out of the box. How can I set this up under Debian? Greg

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-11 Thread Xucaen
--- Mark Blunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Previously Xucaen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > During the last few weeks, there have been > > discussions about how to keep X from > > automatically starting upon booting the > system. > > Most replys leaned towards disabling xdm in > the > > runlevel d

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-07 Thread Kent Nyberg
I find it much easier to mess with the initscript with the update-rc.d script. To remove for example xdm from the initscript you enter: 'update-rc.d xdm remove' If do do that, then xdm wont start from init any more. I dont know the exact command but you can do it the other way to, that is, you ca

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Xucaen
--- "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:57:57PM -0800, > Xucaen wrote: > > > > --- "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:12:56PM -0800, > > > Xucaen wrote: > > > > in /etc/rc3.d I canged the symlink of > S99xdm > > > from > > > > ../init.d/xdm to /dev/null

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:57:57PM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > > --- "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:12:56PM -0800, > > Xucaen wrote: > > > in /etc/rc3.d I canged the symlink of S99xdm > > from > > > ../init.d/xdm to /dev/null > > > > Aargh! Don't do that. Just remove the sym

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Xucaen
--- "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:12:56PM -0800, > Xucaen wrote: > > in /etc/rc3.d I canged the symlink of S99xdm > from > > ../init.d/xdm to /dev/null > > Aargh! Don't do that. Just remove the symlink > S99xdm and XDM will not > be run at boot for the given runlevel. A

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:12:56PM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > Hi all!!! > > During the last few weeks, there have been > discussions about how to keep X from > automatically starting upon booting the system. > Most replys leaned towards disabling xdm in the > runlevel directory. This does work. Howeve

runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Xucaen
Hi all!!! During the last few weeks, there have been discussions about how to keep X from automatically starting upon booting the system. Most replys leaned towards disabling xdm in the runlevel directory. This does work. However, I came upon something strange. Here's what I did. My default runle

Re: runlevels/boot stuff

2001-01-06 Thread David B . Harris
To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miquel van Smoorenburg), # You could have just pasted /usr/share/doc/sysvinit/README.runlevels.gz # here .. Does it matter? I was bored, and I think it was helpful. Anyone care to disagree? Dave

Re: runlevels/boot stuff

2001-01-06 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David B. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >To quote "M.B.Midden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ># Im looking for some info about runlevels. Is there a howto for it? >What is ># the best runlevel for a server en when should u switch

Re: runlevels/boot stuff

2001-01-05 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 07:37:25PM -0500, David B. Harris wrote: # # > /etc/rcS.d/* : General not used manually, it's used to put the system # > into single-user mode right after the kernel has been started. Usually # > entered by typing "linux single"

Re: runlevels/boot stuff

2001-01-05 Thread Ethan Benson
ng, rcS.d is run once at boot, regardless of what runlevel your entering. single AND multiuser mode. (unless you enter single user mode with the -b switch at boot, this stops ALL initscripts from running which is more in line with BSD single user mode.) > Runlevels 0, 1, 6, and S generally arn&#x

Re: runlevels/boot stuff

2001-01-05 Thread Defresne Sylvain
Hello, * M.B.Midden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > hi > > Im looking for some info about runlevels. Is there a howto for it? What is > the best runlevel for a server en when should u switch ( how can you switch) > ( i tried man runlevel ofcourse ) etc man inittab ? B

Re: runlevels/boot stuff

2001-01-05 Thread David B . Harris
To quote "M.B.Midden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # Im looking for some info about runlevels. Is there a howto for it? What is # the best runlevel for a server en when should u switch ( how can you switch) # ( i tried man runlevel ofcourse ) etc I'm sort of bored, so here's

runlevels/boot stuff

2001-01-05 Thread M.B.Midden
hi Im looking for some info about runlevels. Is there a howto for it? What is the best runlevel for a server en when should u switch ( how can you switch) ( i tried man runlevel ofcourse ) etc thanks dunki

Re: newbieDoc: Debian runlevels intro

2001-01-02 Thread will trillich
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 08:23:04AM -0500, David B . Harris wrote: > To quote will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # please run your eyeballs over them -- and any of the other > # documents we've got there -- and feel free to post some feedback > # to the newbieDoc project at > # > # http://www

Re: newbieDoc: Debian runlevels intro

2001-01-02 Thread will trillich
27;ve got another newbieDoc that scratches the surface of > > Debian runlevels... > > > > http://www.eGroups.com/files/newbieDoc/runlevels-intro.html we're not related to debian -- aside from some serious affinity, that is. we just had a hard time finding documentation that we

Re: newbieDoc: Debian runlevels intro

2001-01-02 Thread Britton
Are these docs going to be included somewhere in the distro when complete, or live permanently on the web? They look handy. Britton Kerin On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, will trillich wrote: > i've got another newbieDoc that scratches the surface of > Debian runlevels... > > http:

Re: newbieDoc: Debian runlevels intro

2001-01-02 Thread David B . Harris
To quote will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # please run your eyeballs over them -- and any of the other # documents we've got there -- and feel free to post some feedback # to the newbieDoc project at # # http://www.eGroups.com/messages/newbieDoc Well, I must admit I don't like this phrase

newbieDoc: Debian runlevels intro

2001-01-02 Thread will trillich
i've got another newbieDoc that scratches the surface of Debian runlevels... http://www.eGroups.com/files/newbieDoc/runlevels-intro.html also updated the apt-get introduction at http://www.eGroups.com/files/newbieDoc/apt-get-intro.html please run your eyeballs over them -

Re: Runlevels 2-5 ???, xdm-gdm conflicts.

2000-06-08 Thread Bruce Sass
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Mark wrote: > 1. Runlevels. ? > Everywhere I read about runlevels in Debian it says the same... > > runlevels 2 through 5 are various multiuser runlevels. > > But... which are which ?. All runlevels are created equal by Debian, until you s

Re: Runlevels 2-5 ???, xdm-gdm conflicts.

2000-06-08 Thread Mark
On 08/06/00 at 14:02 Mark spake the following magic words: ++>Hello All. ++> ++>Sorry to overload this message but I have a few doubts with my (shiny) new ++>installed Debian (potato). ++> ++>1. Runlevels. ? ++>Everywhere I read about runlevels in De

Runlevels 2-5 ???, xdm-gdm conflicts.

2000-06-08 Thread Mark
Hello All. Sorry to overload this message but I have a few doubts with my (shiny) new installed Debian (potato). 1. Runlevels. ? Everywhere I read about runlevels in Debian it says the same... runlevels 2 through 5 are various multiuser runlevels. But... which are which ?. 2

Re: more real runlevels?

2000-05-13 Thread kmself
On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 07:49:37PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote: > > > From: kmself@ix.netcom.com > > > > Reasonable rational. Though one preference of mine has been to prepend > > a '_' (eg: _S99foo _K99foo). Makes clear what's been changed. More > > recently, I modify through update-rc.d. >

Re: more real runlevels?

2000-05-13 Thread Daniel Barclay
> From: kmself@ix.netcom.com > Reasonable rational. Though one preference of mine has been to prepend > a '_' (eg: _S99foo _K99foo). Makes clear what's been changed. More > recently, I modify through update-rc.d. > Does that work? (Doesn't that break if the control script uses glob patter

Re: more real runlevels?

2000-04-30 Thread Engelen
>> > > If so, what _is_ the proper way to do this with Debian? >> >> You can just delete the links you don't want > >I've always felt that it's better to change the link from S to K, >instead of just deleting it. > >Say for example you d

Re: more real runlevels?

2000-04-28 Thread Eugene Teo
I agree, besides that, if you regretted changing it from S -> K, you can undo the sequence ;) Eugene ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Original Message - From: "Brad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 11:52 Subject: Re: more real runlevels?

Re: more real runlevels?

2000-04-28 Thread Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar
-> When will Debian follow the Linux Standard Base with respect to init -> runlevels? The current scheme (still in potato, I haven't checked -> woody) basically has just 2 distinct levels - single user and fully -> operational. This throws away most of the power of sysvinit (

Re: more real runlevels?

2000-04-28 Thread kmself
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 10:52:49PM -0500, Brad wrote: > On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 01:17:42PM -0700, brian moore wrote: > > > > > > If so, what _is_ the proper way to do this with Debian? > > > > You can just delete the links you don't want > > I've always felt that it's better to change the link f

Re: more real runlevels?

2000-04-28 Thread Brad
deleting it. Say for example you delete the xdm link from runlevels 2, 3, and 4. So you change to 5, xdm starts. You change back to 2, and xdm stays running. To me the desired behavior would be that xdm is killed... Anyway, at worst this post might prevent people from deleting links and wondering why t

Re: more real runlevels?

2000-04-27 Thread brian moore
mee too. i must admit, that this is a point, where suse and redhat are > better than debian. :'-( > > > I can make my own runlevels > > from among 3-5 by removing some of the links from /etc/rc[345].d, but > > will the next upgrade of the relevant packages re-create the li

Re: more real runlevels?

2000-04-27 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > I would like to run the system without xdm most of the time, but there > > are times when I need it. Also sometimes I want to switch off network > > services but still allow local logins. > > > mee too. i must admit, that this is a point, where

Re: more real runlevels?

2000-04-27 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
'-( > I can make my own runlevels > from among 3-5 by removing some of the links from /etc/rc[345].d, but > will the next upgrade of the relevant packages re-create the links? i'm not sure, if i didn't overlook something, but my netbase update did not re-install my deleted port

more real runlevels?

2000-04-27 Thread Ian Zimmerman
When will Debian follow the Linux Standard Base with respect to init runlevels? The current scheme (still in potato, I haven't checked woody) basically has just 2 distinct levels - single user and fully operational. This throws away most of the power of sysvinit (which comes at the co

Re: More on XDM and runlevels

1999-08-16 Thread Richard Kettlewell
Chad Walstrom writes: > Well, I can't site any reason w/xdm other than possibly using > something like kdm or gdm periodically. However, I do know run > levels come in handy. Let's say, for example, you'd like to work on > your web pages at home, perhaps running mysql and apache with php. > Yet,

More on XDM and runlevels

1999-08-16 Thread Chad Walstrom
d NN is the number sequence in which you want the app killed. Eric G . Miller wrote: "Yes, but this begs the question, why? I don't know of any good reason to go around changing runlevels midstream. The only time that makes any sense to me, is when you want to do maintainence, and don&#x

Re: System Security and Program for editing sysv runlevels

1999-04-08 Thread Craig Hancock
Where and I find this program Mark Wagnon wrote: > This is to keep this thread active, and to pose another question: > > I downloaded a program called gRunlevels, but it looked for my rcN.d and > init.d stuff in /etc/rc.d. > > I created a /etc/rc.d directory and symlinked the above files to it. N

Re: System Security and Program for editing sysv runlevels

1999-04-08 Thread Mark Wagnon
This is to keep this thread active, and to pose another question: I downloaded a program called gRunlevels, but it looked for my rcN.d and init.d stuff in /etc/rc.d. I created a /etc/rc.d directory and symlinked the above files to it. Now gRunlevels works and all my services are displayed. Is th

System Security and Program for editing sysv runlevels

1999-04-08 Thread Mark Wagnon
I just got a cable modem and I'm loving it, but I am concerned about security. I was instructed to comment out many lines in my /etc/inetd.conf file, especially the ones that I didn't know how to configure or what they were. In addition, I was told to turn off any services that I didn't want to mak

Re: A question on runlevels

1998-09-11 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
omething that I've never had to do before. Debian >2.0 doesn't install any default runlevels - just /etc/init.d. I've always Huh? Do you mean you have no /etc/rc2.d ? Something must have gone very wrong in the installation then. I've never seen this. Wait .. perhaps you installe

A question on runlevels

1998-09-11 Thread Steve Tremblett
I've just installed Debian 2.0 for the first time (in fact it is the first time I've installed Debian). I'm well experienced with Linux and UNIX in general, but I've hit something that I've never had to do before. Debian 2.0 doesn't install any default runlevels -

Re: runlevels and modules

1997-01-19 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote: > I have two small questions today ;) : > > a) where can I find information about what the >different debian run-levels are used for? >0 is halt, 6 is reboot, 1 is singleuser, but >what about the rest? Are there an multiuser with >X and on

runlevels and modules

1997-01-19 Thread Jonas Bofjall
I have two small questions today ;) : a) where can I find information about what the different debian run-levels are used for? 0 is halt, 6 is reboot, 1 is singleuser, but what about the rest? Are there an multiuser with X and one without X? b) when I do an 'lsmod' it says that applet