Dave,
This doesn't have to do with names, but does have to do with boot scripts.
I've been having trouble with BRLTTY which we all thought was due to
another process trying to use the same serial port. Noww I find that if I
do
killall brltty
brltty
(as root, of course) the problems disappear. It's been working like a
charm ever since. So now I think the problems were caused by the place in
the botup sequence at which it was called. I am using Redhat 7.1. BRLTTY
is called in /etc/rc/rc.sysinit. Below is the script. Any suggestions
about where to put the call in the boot sequence would be appreciated.
John
#!/bin/bash
#
# /etc/rc.sysinit - run once at boot time
#
# Taken in part from Miquel van Smoorenburg's bcheckrc.
#
# run braille tty driver.
[ -x /sbin/brltty ] && /sbin/brltty
# Rerun ourselves through initlog
if [ -z "$IN_INITLOG" ]; then
[ -f /sbin/initlog ] && exec /sbin/initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -r /etc/rc.sysinit
fi
# If we're using devfs, start devfsd now - we need the old device names
[ -e /dev/.devfsd -a -x /sbin/devfsd ] && /sbin/devfsd /dev
# Set the path
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
export PATH
HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`
# Read in config data.
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/network ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/network
else
NETWORKING=no
fi
if [ -z "$HOSTNAME" -o "$HOSTNAME" = "(none)" ]; then
HOSTNAME=localhost
fi
# Source functions
. /etc/init.d/functions
# Print a banner. ;)
echo -en $"\t\t\tWelcome to "
[ "$BOOTUP" != "serial" ] && echo -en $"\\033[1;31m"
echo -en $"Red Hat"
[ "$BOOTUP" != "serial" ] && echo -en $"\\033[0;39m"
echo $" Linux"
if [ "$PROMPT" != "no" ]; then
echo -en $"\t\tPress 'I' to enter interactive startup."
echo
sleep 1
fi
# Fix console loglevel
/bin/dmesg -n $LOGLEVEL
# Mount /proc (done here so volume labels can work with fsck)
action $"Mounting proc filesystem: " mount -n -t proc /proc /proc
# Configure kernel parameters
action $"Configuring kernel parameters: " sysctl -e -p /etc/sysctl.conf
# Set the system clock.
ARC=0
SRM=0
UTC=0
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/clock ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/clock
# convert old style clock config to new values
if [ "${CLOCKMODE}" = "GMT" ]; then
UTC=true
elif [ "${CLOCKMODE}" = "ARC" ]; then
ARC=true
fi
fi
CLOCKDEF=""
CLOCKFLAGS="--hctosys"
case "$UTC" in
yes|true)
CLOCKFLAGS="$CLOCKFLAGS -u";
CLOCKDEF="$CLOCKDEF (utc)";
;;
no|false)
CLOCKFLAGS="$CLOCKFLAGS --localtime";
CLOCKDEF="$CLOCKDEF (localtime)";
;;
esac
case "$ARC" in
yes|true)
CLOCKFLAGS="$CLOCKFLAGS -A";
CLOCKDEF="$CLOCKDEF (arc)";
;;
esac
case "$SRM" in
yes|true)
CLOCKFLAGS="$CLOCKFLAGS -S";
CLOCKDEF="$CLOCKDEF (srm)";
;;
esac
/sbin/hwclock $CLOCKFLAGS
action $"Setting clock $CLOCKDEF: `date`" date
if [ "`/sbin/consoletype`" == "vt" ]; then
# Load keymap
if [ -x /bin/loadkeys ]; then
KEYTABLE=
KEYMAP=
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/console/default.kmap ]; then
KEYMAP=/etc/sysconfig/console/default.kmap
else
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/keyboard ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
fi
if [ -n "$KEYTABLE" -a -d "/usr/lib/kbd/keymaps" -o -d "/lib/kbd/keymaps" ]; then
KEYMAP=$KEYTABLE
fi
fi
if [ -n "$KEYMAP" ]; then
# Since this takes in/output from stdin/out, we can't use initlog
if [ -n "$KEYTABLE" ]; then
echo -n $"Loading default keymap ($KEYTABLE): "
else
echo -n $"Loading default keymap: "
fi
loadkeys $KEYMAP < /dev/tty0 > /dev/tty0 2>/dev/null && \
success $"Loading default keymap" || failure $"Loading default keymap"
echo
fi
fi
# Load system font
if [ -x /sbin/setsysfont ]; then
[ -f /etc/sysconfig/i18n ] && . /etc/sysconfig/i18n
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/console/$SYSFONT.psf.gz -o \
-f /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/$SYSFONT.psf.gz -o \
-f /etc/sysconfig/console/$SYSFONT.gz -o \
-f /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/$SYSFONT.gz -o \
-f /lib/kbd/consolefonts/$SYSFONT.gz -o \
-f /lib/kbd/consolefonts/$SYSFONT.psf.gz ]; then
action $"Setting default font ($SYSFONT): " /sbin/setsysfont
fi
fi
fi
# Start up swapping.
action $"Activating swap partitions: " swapon -a -e
# Set the hostname.
action $"Setting hostname ${HOSTNAME}: " hostname ${HOSTNAME}
# Initialize USB controller and HID devices
usb=0
if ! grep -iq "nousb" /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null && ! grep -q "usb" /proc/devices 2>/dev/null ; then
aliases=`/sbin/modprobe -c | egrep -s "^alias[[:space:]]+usb-controller" | awk '{ print $3 }'`
if [ -n "$aliases" -a "$aliases" != "off" ] ; then
modprobe usbcore
action $"Mounting USB filesystem: " mount -t usbdevfs usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb
for alias in $aliases ; do
action $"Initializing USB controller ($alias): " modprobe $alias
done
[ $? -eq 0 -a -n "$aliases" ] && usb=1
fi
fi
if ! grep -iq "nousb" /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null && grep -q "usb" /proc/devices 2>/dev/null ; then
usb=1
fi
needusbstorage=
if [ $usb = "1" ]; then
sleep 5
mouseoutput=`cat /proc/bus/usb/devices 2>/dev/null|grep -E "^I.*Cls=03.*Prot=02"`
kbdoutput=`cat /proc/bus/usb/devices 2>/dev/null|grep -E "^I.*Cls=03.*Prot=01"`
needusbstorage=`cat /proc/bus/usb/devices 2>/dev/null|grep -e "^I.*Cls=08"`
if [ -n "$kbdoutput" ] || [ -n "$mouseoutput" ]; then
action $"Initializing USB HID interface: " modprobe hid 2> /dev/null
fi
if [ -n "$kbdoutput" ]; then
action $"Initializing USB keyboard: " modprobe keybdev
fi
if [ -n "$mouseoutput" ]; then
action $"Initializing USB mouse: " modprobe mousedev
fi
fi
if [ -f /fastboot ] || grep -iq "fastboot" /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null ; then
fastboot=yes
else
fastboot=
fi
if [ -f /fsckoptions ]; then
fsckoptions=`cat /fsckoptions`
else
fsckoptions=
fi
if [ -f /forcefsck ]; then
fsckoptions="-f $fsckoptions"
fi
if [ "$BOOTUP" != "serial" ]; then
fsckoptions="-C $fsckoptions"
else
fsckoptions="-V $fsckoptions"
fi
_RUN_QUOTACHECK=0
ROOTFSTYPE=`grep " / " /proc/mounts | awk '{ print $3 }'`
if [ -z "$fastboot" -a "$ROOTFSTYPE" != "nfs" ]; then
STRING=$"Checking root filesystem"
echo $STRING
initlog -c "fsck -T -a $fsckoptions /"
rc=$?
if [ "$rc" = "0" ]; then
success "$STRING"
echo
elif [ "$rc" = "1" ]; then
passed $"$STRING"
echo
fi
# A return of 2 or higher means there were serious problems.
if [ $rc -gt 1 ]; then
failure "$STRING"
echo
echo
echo $"*** An error occurred during the file system check."
echo $"*** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot"
echo $"*** when you leave the shell."
PS1=$"(Repair filesystem) \# # "; export PS1
sulogin
echo $"Unmounting file systems"
umount -a
mount -n -o remount,ro /
echo $"Automatic reboot in progress."
reboot -f
elif [ "$rc" = "1" ]; then
_RUN_QUOTACHECK=1
fi
fi
# check for arguments
if grep -iq nopnp /proc/cmdline >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
PNP=
else
PNP=yes
fi
# set up pnp
if [ -x /sbin/isapnp -a -f /etc/isapnp.conf -a ! -f /proc/isapnp ]; then
if [ -n "$PNP" ]; then
action $"Setting up ISA PNP devices: " /sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
else
action $"Skipping ISA PNP configuration at users request: " /bin/true
fi
fi
# Remount the root filesystem read-write.
state=`awk '/(^\/dev\/root| \/ )/ { print $4 }' /proc/mounts`
[ "$state" != "rw" ] && \
action $"Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode: " mount -n -o remount,rw /
# LVM initialization
if [ -e /proc/lvm -a -x /sbin/vgchange -a -f /etc/lvmtab ]; then
action $"Setting up LVM:" /sbin/vgscan && /sbin/vgchange -a y
fi
# Clear mtab
>/etc/mtab
# Remove stale backups
rm -f /etc/mtab~ /etc/mtab~~
# Enter root, /proc and (potentially) /proc/bus/usb and devfs into mtab.
mount -f /
mount -f /proc
[ -f /proc/bus/usb/devices ] && mount -f -t usbdevfs usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb
[ -e /dev/.devfsd ] && mount -f -t devfs devfs /dev
# Turn on harddisk optimization
# There is only one file /etc/sysconfig/harddisks for all disks
# after installing the hdparm-RPM. If you need different hdparm parameters
# for each of your disks, copy /etc/sysconfig/harddisks to
# /etc/sysconfig/harddiskhda (hdb, hdc...) and modify it.
# each disk which has no special parameters will use the defaults.
disk[0]=s; disk[1]=hda; disk[2]=hdb; disk[3]=hdc;
disk[4]=hdd; disk[5]=hde; disk[6]=hdf; disk[7]=hdg; disk[8]=hdh;
if [ -x /sbin/hdparm ]; then
for device in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do
unset MULTIPLE_IO USE_DMA EIDE_32BIT LOOKAHEAD EXTRA_PARAMS
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/harddisk${disk[$device]} ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/harddisk${disk[$device]}
HDFLAGS[$device]=
if [ -n "$MULTIPLE_IO" ] && [ "$MULTIPLE_IO" != "0" ]; then
HDFLAGS[$device]="-q -m$MULTIPLE_IO"
fi
if [ -n "$USE_DMA" ] && [ "$USE_DMA" != "0" ]; then
HDFLAGS[$device]="${HDFLAGS[$device]} -q -d$USE_DMA"
fi
if [ -n "$EIDE_32BIT" ]; then
HDFLAGS[$device]="${HDFLAGS[$device]} -q -c$EIDE_32BIT"
fi
if [ -n "$LOOKAHEAD" ]; then
HDFLAGS[$device]="${HDFLAGS[$device]} -q -A$LOOKAHEAD"
fi
if [ -n "$EXTRA_PARAMS" ]; then
HDFLAGS[$device]="${HDFLAGS[$device]} $EXTRA_PARAMS"
fi
else
HDFLAGS[$device]="${HDFLAGS[0]}"
fi
if [ -e "/proc/ide/${disk[$device]}/media" ] ; then
hdmedia=`cat /proc/ide/${disk[$device]}/media`
if [ "$hdmedia" = "disk" ]; then
if [ -n "${HDFLAGS[$device]}" ]; then
action $"Setting hard drive parameters for ${disk[$device]}: " /sbin/hdparm ${HDFLAGS[$device]} /dev/${disk[$device]}
fi
fi
fi
done
fi
# Update quotas if fsck was run on /.
if [ X"$_RUN_QUOTACHECK" = X1 -a -x /sbin/quotacheck ]; then
if [ -x /sbin/convertquota ]; then
if [ -f /quota.user ]; then
/sbin/convertquota -u / && rm -f /quota.user
fi
if [ -f /quota.group ]; then
/sbin/convertquota -g / && rm -f /quota.group
fi
fi
action $"Checking root filesystem quotas: " /sbin/quotacheck -v /
fi
# The root filesystem is now read-write, so we can now log via syslog() directly..
if [ -n "$IN_INITLOG" ]; then
IN_INITLOG=
fi
if ! grep -iq nomodules /proc/cmdline >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -f /proc/ksyms ]; then
USEMODULES=y
else
USEMODULES=
fi
# Our modutils don't support it anymore, so we might as well remove
# the preferred link.
rm -f /lib/modules/preferred
rm -f /lib/modules/default
if [ -x /sbin/depmod -a -n "$USEMODULES" ]; then
# If they aren't using a recent sane kernel, make a link for them
if [ ! -n "`uname -r | grep -- "-"`" ]; then
ktag="`cat /proc/version`"
mtag=`grep -l "$ktag" /lib/modules/*/.rhkmvtag 2> /dev/null`
if [ -n "$mtag" ]; then
mver=`echo $mtag | sed -e 's,/lib/modules/,,' -e 's,/.rhkmvtag,,' -e 's,[ ].*$,,'`
fi
if [ -n "$mver" ]; then
ln -sf /lib/modules/$mver /lib/modules/default
fi
fi
if [ -L /lib/modules/default ]; then
INITLOG_ARGS= action $"Finding module dependencies: " depmod -A default
else
INITLOG_ARGS= action $"Finding module dependencies: " depmod -A
fi
fi
# tweak isapnp settings if needed.
if [ -n "$PNP" -a -f /proc/isapnp -a -x /sbin/sndconfig ]; then
/sbin/sndconfig --mungepnp >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
# Load sound modules iff they need persistent DMA buffers
if grep -q "options sound dmabuf=1" /etc/modules.conf 2>/dev/null ; then
RETURN=0
alias=`/sbin/modprobe -c | egrep -s "^alias[[:space:]]+sound[[:space:]]+" | awk '{ print $3 }'`
if [ -n "$alias" -a "$alias" != "off" ] ; then
action $"Loading sound module ($alias): " modprobe $alias
RETURN=$?
fi
alias=`/sbin/modprobe -c | egrep -s "^alias[[:space:]]+sound-slot-0[[:space:]]+" | awk '{ print $3 }'`
if [ -n "$alias" -a "$alias" != "off" ] ; then
action $"Loading sound module ($alias): " modprobe $alias
RETURN=$?
fi
# Load mixer settings
if grep -q "\(sparcaudio\|sound\)" /proc/devices 2>/dev/null ; then
if [ $RETURN -eq 0 -a -f /etc/.aumixrc -a -x /bin/aumix-minimal ]; then
action $"Loading mixer settings: " /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L
fi
fi
fi
if [ -f /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe ]; then
if [ -n "$USEMODULES" ]; then
sysctl -w kernel.modprobe="/sbin/modprobe" >/dev/null 2>&1
sysctl -w kernel.hotplug="/sbin/hotplug" >/dev/null 2>&1
else
# We used to set this to NULL, but that causes 'failed to exec' messages"
sysctl -w kernel.modprobe="/bin/true" >/dev/null 2>&1
sysctl -w kernel.hotplug="/bin/true" >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
fi
# Load modules (for backward compatibility with VARs)
if [ -f /etc/rc.modules ]; then
/etc/rc.modules
fi
# Add raid devices
if [ ! -f /proc/mdstat ]; then
modprobe md >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
if [ -f /proc/mdstat -a -f /etc/raidtab ]; then
echo -n $"Starting up RAID devices: "
rc=0
for i in `grep "^raiddev" /etc/raidtab | awk '{print $2}'`
do
RAIDDEV=`basename $i`
RAIDSTAT=`grep "^$RAIDDEV : active" /proc/mdstat`
if [ -z "$RAIDSTAT" ]; then
# Try raidstart first...if that fails then
# fall back to raidadd, raidrun. If that
# also fails, then we drop to a shell
RESULT=1
if [ -x /sbin/raidstart ]; then
/sbin/raidstart $i
RESULT=$?
fi
if [ $RESULT -gt 0 -a -x /sbin/raid0run ]; then
/sbin/raid0run $i
RESULT=$?
fi
if [ $RESULT -gt 0 -a -x /sbin/raidadd -a -x /sbin/raidrun ]; then
/sbin/raidadd $i
/sbin/raidrun $i
RESULT=$?
fi
if [ $RESULT -gt 0 ]; then
rc=1
fi
echo -n "$RAIDDEV "
else
echo -n "$RAIDDEV "
fi
done
echo
# A non-zero return means there were problems.
if [ $rc -gt 0 ]; then
echo
echo
echo $"*** An error occurred during the RAID startup"
echo $"*** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot"
echo $"*** when you leave the shell."
PS1=$"(RAID Repair) \# # "; export PS1
sulogin
echo $"Unmounting file systems"
umount -a
mount -n -o remount,ro /
echo $"Automatic reboot in progress."
reboot -f
fi
fi
_RUN_QUOTACHECK=0
# Check filesystems
if [ -z "$fastboot" ]; then
STRING=$"Checking filesystems"
echo $STRING
initlog -c "fsck -T -R -A -a $fsckoptions"
rc=$?
if [ "$rc" = "0" ]; then
success "$STRING"
echo
elif [ "$rc" = "1" ]; then
passed "$STRING"
echo
fi
# A return of 2 or higher means there were serious problems.
if [ $rc -gt 1 ]; then
failure "$STRING"
echo
echo
echo $"*** An error occurred during the file system check."
echo $"*** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot"
echo $"*** when you leave the shell."
PS1=$"(Repair filesystem) \# # "; export PS1
sulogin
echo $"Unmounting file systems"
umount -a
mount -n -o remount,ro /
echo $"Automatic reboot in progress."
reboot -f
elif [ "$rc" = "1" -a -x /sbin/quotacheck ]; then
_RUN_QUOTACHECK=1
fi
fi
# Mount all other filesystems (except for NFS and /proc, which is already
# mounted). Contrary to standard usage,
# filesystems are NOT unmounted in single user mode.
action $"Mounting local filesystems: " mount -a -t nonfs,smbfs,ncpfs
if [ X"$_RUN_QUOTACHECK" = X1 -a -x /sbin/quotacheck ]; then
if [ -x /sbin/convertquota ]; then
# try to convert old quotas
for mountpt in `cat /etc/mtab | awk '$4 ~ /quota/{print $2}'`; do
if [ -f "$mountpt/quota.user" ]; then
/sbin/convertquota -u $mountpt && \
rm -f $mountpt/quota.user
fi
if [ -f "$mountpt/quota.group" ]; then
/sbin/convertquota -g $mountpt && \
rm -f $mountpt/quota.group
fi
done
fi
action $"Checking filesystem quotas: " /sbin/quotacheck -v -R -a
fi
# Turn on process accounting
if [ -x /sbin/accton ] ; then
action $"Turning on process accounting" /sbin/accton /var/log/pacct
fi
# Configure machine if necessary.
if [ -f /.unconfigured ]; then
if [ -x /usr/bin/passwd ]; then
/usr/bin/passwd root
fi
if [ -x /usr/sbin/netconfig ]; then
/usr/sbin/netconfig
fi
if [ -x /usr/sbin/timeconfig ]; then
/usr/sbin/timeconfig
fi
if [ -x /usr/sbin/authconfig ]; then
/usr/sbin/authconfig --nostart
fi
if [ -x /usr/sbin/ntsysv ]; then
/usr/sbin/ntsysv --level 35
fi
# Reread in network configuration data.
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/network ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/network
# Reset the hostname.
action $"Resetting hostname ${HOSTNAME}: " hostname ${HOSTNAME}
fi
rm -f /.unconfigured
fi
if [ -x /sbin/quotaon ]; then
action $"Turning on user and group quotas for local filesystems: " /sbin/quotaon -a
fi
# Clean out /etc.
rm -f /fastboot /fsckoptions /forcefsck /halt /poweroff
# Do we need (w|u)tmpx files? We don't set them up, but the sysadmin might...
_NEED_XFILES=
[ -f /var/run/utmpx -o -f /var/log/wtmpx ] && _NEED_XFILES=1
# Clean up /var
# I'd use find, but /usr may not be mounted.
for afile in /var/lock/* /var/run/*; do
if [ -d "$afile" ]; then
[ "`basename $afile`" != "news" -a "`basename $afile`" != "sudo" -a "`basename $afile`" != "mon" ] && rm -f $afile/*
else
rm -f $afile
fi
done
# Reset pam_console permissions
[ -x /sbin/pam_console_apply ] && /sbin/pam_console_apply -r
{
# Clean up utmp/wtmp
>/var/run/utmp
touch /var/log/wtmp
chgrp utmp /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp
chmod 0664 /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp
if [ -n "$_NEED_XFILES" ]; then
>/var/run/utmpx
touch /var/log/wtmpx
chgrp utmp /var/run/utmpx /var/log/wtmpx
chmod 0664 /var/run/utmpx /var/log/wtmpx
fi
# Delete X locks
rm -f /tmp/.X*-lock
# Delete Postgres sockets
rm -f /tmp/.s.PGSQL.*
# Now turn on swap in case we swap to files.
swapon -a
action $"Enabling swap space: " /bin/true
# Initialize the serial ports.
if [ -f /etc/rc.serial ]; then
. /etc/rc.serial
fi
# If a SCSI tape has been detected, load the st module unconditionally
# since many SCSI tapes don't deal well with st being loaded and unloaded
if [ -f /proc/scsi/scsi ] && grep -q 'Type: Sequential-Access' /proc/scsi/scsi 2>/dev/null ; then
if grep -qv ' 9 st' /proc/devices ; then
if [ -n "$USEMODULES" ] ; then
# Try to load the module. If it fails, ignore it...
insmod -p st >/dev/null 2>&1 && modprobe st >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
fi
fi
# Load usb storage here, to match most other things
if [ -n "$needusbstorage" ]; then
modprobe usb-storage >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
# If they asked for ide-scsi, load it
if grep -q "ide-scsi" /proc/cmdline ; then
modprobe ide-cd >/dev/null 2>&1
modprobe ide-scsi >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
# Generate a header that defines the boot kernel.
/sbin/mkkerneldoth
# Adjust symlinks as necessary in /boot to keep system services from
# spewing messages about mismatched System maps and so on.
if [ -L /boot/System.map -a -r /boot/System.map-`uname -r` ] ; then
ln -s -f System.map-`uname -r` /boot/System.map
fi
if [ ! -e /boot/System.map -a -r /boot/System.map-`uname -r` ] ; then
ln -s -f System.map-`uname -r` /boot/System.map
fi
# Now that we have all of our basic modules loaded and the kernel going,
# let's dump the syslog ring somewhere so we can find it later
dmesg > /var/log/dmesg
sleep 1
kill -TERM `/sbin/pidof getkey` >/dev/null 2>&1
} &
if [ "$PROMPT" != "no" ]; then
/sbin/getkey i && touch /var/run/confirm
fi
wait
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