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Sindi Keesan wrote:


> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Sindi wrote:
> > How exactly do you log in as root and start
> > in X and exit without rebooting?.
>
> Edit tty1 line in /etc/inittab:
> --------------------------------
> tty1::respawn:-/bin/sh -c startx
> --------------------------------
> If "respawn" doesn't do what you
> want, try "once".

What different effects should these have?

> > What do the two shutdown lines mean?
>
> Those are the actions that are performed
> following CTRLALTDEL.  Swap is turned off
> and partitions are unmounted.

Where is the swap partition turned on during boot?
(swapfiles don't seem to be included)

> Note the /sbin/reboot on the ctrlaltdel
> line.  That reboots the system.  If you
> prefer that the system shutdown without
> rebooting, change reboot to halt.

halt is busybox and the only switch is -d
I tried halt -d 1 (when chrooted to BL35) and nothing happened.
I was going to put 'halt' on the menu.

> For more information on configuring
> /etc/inittab, do:  man init

I don't understand much of this (yet).

busybox init doesn't support multiple runlevels (which I think is how I 
had BL starting in X before).  It takes no parameters. ... The runlevels 
field is completely ignored.

id:runlevels:action:process

BL350:  why :: not id: ?
::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot   - change to halt?
::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a  - how does it know what swap is?
::shutdown:/sbin/umount -a -r 2>/dev/null  (unmount all
partitions nonverbosely?).  How does 'shutdown' work without a shutdown?
::restart:/sbin/init       - what does this do?
Valid actions are:  sysinit, respawn, askfirst, wait, once, and 
ctrlaltdel.

ctrlaltdel actions are run immediately before init causes the system to 
reboot  (does this mean you cannot halt instead?).

The adduser package appears to have changed things so you need to type 
root not Enter to activate a console.  How do I change this back and also 
go directly to X?

This computer will probably leave as is but there may be more Russian news 
readers requested.  Ideally one should start automatically in X and be 
able to halt/shutdown from the menu rather than reboot.

> Cheers,
> Steven

Sindi