Init is the initial process that loads on a linux system. If init fails to load, it will result in a kernel failure.
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What's the recommended way to enable / disable services?
I read about how to enable and disable services in Ubuntu and it seems that there are different possibilities to manage them.
The first method I found is update-rc.d to add new services to startup, ...
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What is the difference between /etc/init/ and /etc/init.d/?
What is the difference between /etc/init/ and /etc/init.d/? More generally, what meaning does the ".d" suffix convey to a directory?
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Upstart script doesn't start
Ubuntu 10.04
I have created this upstart script (/etc/init/pure-ftpd.conf):
# pure-ftpd - FTP server
description "Pure-FTPd server"
start on filesystem
stop on runlevel S
respawn
respawn limit ...
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Where is Unity startup script in rc?.d
I've been reading about runlevels and startup scripts lately, and I've learnt that runlevels 2 to 5 are the same in Ubuntu, and that Ubuntu's default runlevel is 2.
What I want to do
I want to ...
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command “init 1” freezes computer
I'm taking a Beginners Administration for Linux class, and one of the things we are learning is how to change "runlevel" in order to optimize efficiency and security of a server. However, when I run ...
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Ubuntu server 12.10 init script requiring encryptfs to mount first
Below is my /etc/init.d/jboss script. It requires a symlink under an encrypted home directory to exist in order to start. (JBOSS_HOME points there)
In /var/log/boot.log it says standalone.sh not ...
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Start and stop parameters in init script
I have .conf a file in /etc/init/ with this code at the bottom:
start on (started network-interface
or started network-manager
or started networking)
stop on (stopping ...
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1answer
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Upstart with a script that start and finish their own processes
I'm trying to setup in Upstart a script that launch several internal procs and kill them if is required
$ listener.py -startall
$ listener.py -killall
I can run it with this settings:
# Listener ...
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Why can't we remove bluetooth service the reguler way?
The usual way to remove services from startup scripts is to remove it from starting up in the first place (man update-rc.d). Meaning removing the symbolic link to /lib/init. In this case executing ...
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1answer
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Need to know what program is writing to the console on start, logout and shutdown
I would like to know what program is responsible for writing messages to the console during the start, logout and shutdown process. What I'm referring to is that black console that comes out and spews ...
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Upstart script for a transmission-daemon executed as a normal user
I have done a script to start transmission-daemon as a normal user:
start on filesystem
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
respawn limit 10 5
pre-start script
test -x /usr/bin/transmission-daemon ...
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Kernel Panic error: Attempted to kill 'init'
After making a update on my Toshiba Satellite L300D laptop I started getting this error message:
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode =0x00000007
I am currently running ...
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Console prompt during boot (for truecrypt)
In short: Please provide me with a up-to-date best practice solution to mount my Truecrypt volumes at boot with secure password prompt! I may accept a answer that has nothing to do with Truecrypt and ...
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0answers
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Help setting up e4rat, no startup.log after e4rat-collect
So I've scanned through all the wiki's and posts to no avail. I'm attempting to set up e4rat on Ubuntu 12.10, and after appending init=/sbin/e4rat-collect to Grub and changing ro to rw startup.log is ...
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1answer
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Redirecting /dev/null to some other device
Is it possible to redirect, ie create /dev/null as non-null device, like /dev/console or /dev/stdout? This obviously has to be done before init runs create creates a standard /dev/null. Upstart seems ...
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Booting ubuntu gives “init not found”
My friend has been using ubuntu 10.10 on vmware player for many days now. But today, it has a problem booting, so we started the ubuntu live cd to try and fix it.
Running sudo fsck /dev/sda1 (got ...
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MythTV in dmesg though it is not installed
dmesg shows stranges massages. Last year I tried mythtv but it didn't work for me and thus I removed it again.
Today I saw that dmesg shows this messages:
[ 16.047679] init: mythtv-backend main ...
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Is reboot the same as init 6?
Is reboot the same as init 6 for ubuntu?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on Amazon EC2. When ssh'ed into the box I can type runlevel and I get:
N 2
Looking at man reboot I see that:
When called with ...
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1answer
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Scripts slowing boot
Inspired by the "How fast" video, I've recently been trying to speed up my boot up as much as possible.
I've been reading many forums on different approaches but I've recently hit a wall with a ...
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3answers
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Initramfs error during boot
Boot from (hd0,0) ext3 238ac8ca-9576-443d-8e23-8dd836cd2683
Starting up ...
mount: mounting /dev/disk/by-uuid/238ac8ca-9576-443d-8e23-8dd836cd2683 on /root
failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting ...
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0answers
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Screen goes off while loading Ubuntu
Since I updated my Ubuntu to version 12.10, after booting, when Ubuntu starts loading, screen goes off (monitor shows information that no signal is recieved).
When screen goes on, first thing I can ...
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Booting Ubuntu into the Command Line? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to disable X at boot time?
How do I boot Ubuntu by default into the CLI using a multiuser runlevel? I wish to still maintain my graphical desktop manager (GDM or ...
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2answers
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Ubuntu way to run sysctl -p on each boot?
I made some changes to sysctl.conf but now need to run sysctl -p on each boot. I can always create an init script to have it run automatically on boot, but I was wondering if there was an Ubuntu / ...
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0answers
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How to start console session with password request using GRUB init=
I need to implement something like secured (under password) rescue mode.
Simply adding option init=/bin/login into GRUB menuentry works, but there is Kernel Panic when running anythink with sudo ...
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2answers
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Why I cannot find in /etc/inittab? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
where is inittab file?
I have learned from the wikipedia that init is usually called by the kernel with an argument to specify the runlevel, in order to do different ...
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Running commands on boot in 11.10
So I am getting properly confused on how to create a startup script on my Ubuntu 11.10 server. I have read about init-scripts, upstart-jobs and more, but I get even more confused the more I read.
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2answers
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init premount script error from dropbear
I get the following error at early boot stage:
ipconfig: eth0: SIOCGIFINDEX: No such device
ipconfig: no devices to configure
/scripts/init-premount/dropbear: .: line 32: can't open ...
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2answers
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Unable to fully remove Juju
After downloading Juju and playing around with it a little bit, my curiosity is satisfied. I decided to move on to other endeavors and uninstall Juju, although despite my best efforts a piece of Juju ...
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votes
1answer
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Failed to use upstart to control startup dependency
In a server I have memcached and apache2 installed, I want my apache2 ONLY can start if memcached is started, so in my apache upstart script, I added the line
From
start on runlevel [2345]
To
...
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1answer
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X : conditional xorg.conf file during startup
I've got a computer which I use at a couple of different sites, and I've got differen monitors at those sites. What I've done is that I've ceated different xorg.conf files for each of these sites.
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starting sshd on first connection to port 22 with upstart's new socket bridge
Recent Upstart has these new fancy systemd-like features of starting jobs on incoming connection via socket-bridge. I'd like to start my sshd upon first connection to port 22.
I now have:
start on ...
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1answer
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For processes to be up and running all the time
I want my python program sample.py to be always up and running. I have read some things and asked people about ways to do this. So far I have following options -
Upstart
Cron
I am trying things ...
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How to do a clean reinstall of initramfs
I was getting the error mentioned in this post on Ubuntu 10.04. I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 through software update and again I'm getting this error.
mount: mounts none on /dev/pts failed: Device
...
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2answers
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cannot change runlevel from 5 to 3
i'm trying to change from runlevel 5 to runlevel 3 by running sudo init 3 command.
for some reason it doesn't do anything anymore.
the weird thing is that if i run the command runlevel it shows me ...
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How to control Jenkins daemon? /etc/init/jenkins.conf vs /etc/init.d/jenkins
I initially installed a recent version of Jenkins as a daemon using the default Ubuntu repository (12.04 LTS) and was able to use the usual 'sudo service jenkins start/stop' to control it. I then ...
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Boot mounts failing after power outage
UPDATE 1
Output of sudo fdisk -l
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 ...
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1answer
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.override file isn't working
I have a file /etc/init/boinc-client.override with the single line manual that I use to prevent the BOINC client from starting up. (I don't want it hogging CPU time away from Folding@Home, for now ...
0
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1answer
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Prevent new packages from linking start up scripts?
How can i prevent newly installed packages from creating links in e.g /etc/rc2.d?
Currently i'm launching update-rc.d -f blabla remove /etc/rc.local each time during boot.
But this shouldn't be ...
0
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1answer
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Why my upstart script don't work?
It is strange the script use to work fine,but after the proxy went down for a while,it don't work all the time. But the command in script section can still do it's job,and I have no idea what's going ...
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How can I see or change default run level?
In the Linux / Unix administration handbook it mentions that you can edit the /etc/inittab file to change the run level. I don't have that file on 10.04. I Googled this and found a tip saying that ...
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How do I stop all processes in a chroot?
I have a number of LVM partitions, each containing an Ubuntu installation. Occasionally, I want to do an apt-get dist-upgrade, to update an installation to the most recent packages. I do this with ...
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2answers
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How do I prevent race conditions in Upstart 'starting on' scripts?
I am working on a package that needs two Upstart jobs: one that launches a daemon, and another that launches a supporting daemon if the configuration file requires it. The logic to determine if the ...
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vote
1answer
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Start-up problems - some daemons not starting
This is a new installation of 12.04 and I can see that my machine is using both the old sysvinit method and the new upstart method to launch programs on start-up.
According to the man page for ...
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Live CD kernel panic
I'm an Ubuntu user since Hardy Heron and even in other distros, I've never been through such thing. I can't install Ubuntu 10.10 on my notebook, because I simply can't even start the Live CD... I ...
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Fresh install of 12.04 Kernel panic
I am attempting to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my computer. After the Ubuntu splash screen, the computer throws up this error:
sr 2:0:1:0: [sr0] Unhandled error code
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted ...
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1answer
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init error, laptop do not boot
I turned my computer on and it comes up with ways to boot and I clicked Ubuntu with linux 2.6.38-13-generic. There was a recovery mode too. Once I clicked its writing come up:
init: udevtrigger main ...
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How can I make fsck run non-interactively at boot time?
I have a headless Ubuntu 12.04 server in a datacenter 1500 miles away. Twice now on reboot the system decided it had to fsck. Unfortunately Ubuntu ran fsck in interactive mode, so I had to ask someone ...
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How can I run an application in gnome-terminal automatically when booting?
I need to run an application automatically when Ubuntu starts. I've got this app running without opening the terminal. However, this application displays some information in a terminal window and, ...
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Decrease Boot Time [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Improve Boot time
I have an 11.10 system that takes a while to boot. I ran bootchart and it reported that there was a block of time about 10 seconds long where there was ...
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Ubuntu doesn't boot after apt-get upgrade (black screen) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
Some time ago (2 weeks) I ran apt-get upgrade. When complete I turned off the computer. I was on ...
