Re: [tlug] Stopping mouse services error at shutdown

[Nguyen Hung Vu <vuhung@example.com>]

On Wed, 22 May 2002, Josh Glover wrote:

> 
> Nguyen Hung Vu wrote:
> > The reason is that you configed your linux to load some deamons in
> > /etc/rc.?/ even they nolonger exists. A quick tip:
> > 
> > 1) run /sbin/chkconfig --list for list of deamons to be started when boot
> > 2) you will fird some thing like "usb" or "mouse" /etc ...
> > 3) check your run level in /etc/inittab ( is it 3?)
> > 4) Delete deamons you dont want to load by `/sbin/chkconfig --del --level 
> > <deamon_name>
> 
> Good suggestion, but there is one semantic error I would like to clear up.
> 
> 'chkconfig --del' is for removing a service from chkconfig's "database" 
> of services. The --level switch is ignored or raises an error if you 
> specify --del. What you really need to do is:
> 
> chkconfig --level 0123456 <service name> stop

Thank you. Using "stop" is _better_ than "del" ...

> 
> If you rip a service out from chkconfig control with --del, that will 
> not stop it from loading, just make chkconfig ignore it.
> 
> man chkconfig for more, but that is the gist of it.
> 
> And to address a couple of the questions asked by the OP:
> 
> - It will hurt nothing to leave USB out of the kernel. Unfortunately, 
> USB in Redhat is not controlled with a SysV init script. Therefore, 
> chkconfig will not help you. You might have to poke around in 
> /etc/rc.sysinit to stop the USB error message.

A difference between Lm and rd ... ;)

 
> 
> Good luck!
> -Josh
> 
> 

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