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[Pieter Lenaerts <e-type AT cwazy.co.uk>]

(----- sigh -----)

why are things always that simple ?

thx arwed

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:05:41 +0200
Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net> wrote:

      > On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 08:52:01AM +0200, Pieter Lenaerts wrote:
      > > hi all,
      > > 
      > > anyone using wdm?
      > > the init script won't run here.
      > > if I put echo's in all branches of the test, none show up on 
"telinit run wdm start", which makes me think the start() function is never 
run.
      > > 
      > > any suggestions?
      > > 
      > > the print_status success, and both silly echo messages were added 
by me as checkpoints
      > 
      > Do you have wdm configured as display_manager in
      > /etc/sysconfig/facilities? Otherwise simpleinit won't run it at all as
      > only the configure provider of a facility gets used.
      > 
      > > 
      > > #!/bin/bash
      > > 
      > > PROGRAM=/usr/bin/wdm
      > > RUNLEVEL=5
      > > PROVIDES=display_manager
      > > 
      > > . /etc/init.d/smgl_init
      > > 
      > > # overrides default start function, ensuring
      > > # that wdm releases control back to init system.
      > > start ()
      > > {
      > >   echo "Starting wdm..."
      > >   if [[ -e /usr/bin/wdm ]] ; then
      > >           echo "I'm in the if part..."
      > >         print_status success
      > >         /usr/bin/wdm -config /etc/wdm/wdm-config &
      > >   else
      > >     echo "I'm in the else part..."
      > >     print_status failure
      > >     exit 1
      > >   fi
      > > }
      > > 
      > > 
      > > -- 
      > > Pieter Lenaerts
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      > > 
      > > 0485/189.222
      > > 
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      > > Pieter Lenaerts
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Pieter Lenaerts
Koning Boudewijnlaan 12
B-9840 DE PINTE

0485/189.222

-- 
Pieter Lenaerts
maintainer of editors and wm's - Sourcemage GNU/linux
http://www.sourcemage.org

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