[rhn-users] Kernel Update Question About 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL

[Bill]

Michael,

Tne samba did not start in init state 3 for me when I simply changed /etc/inittab to 
default start in state 3 in addition to state 5. Without research, I simply put S91smb 
into rc3.d and left the original in rc5.d in case I solve the video driver issue 
someday.

Samba had no effect on the video problem, but solving the video problem with the init 
state 3 patch had a negative effect on Samba. You see, Samba isn't started unless in 
state 5.

At your inspiring, I read the chkconfig man page and it is simply an elegant tool 
which accomplishes the same task as I did manually. It seems that I am old school, and 
was brought up prior to chkconfig's existance.

Yes, I see that I could do the Samba change 'properly', but since I consider the video 
fix a temporary patch, I didn't spend the time other than just enough to get Samba 
functional by starting it in rc3.d upon reboot.

Bill


---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Mansour, Michael" <michael.mansour at hp.com>
To: "Red Hat Network Users List" <rhn-users at redhat.com>
Sent: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 05:59:10 +0800
Subject: RE: [rhn-users] Kernel Update Question About 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL

> Hi Bill,
> 
> Why do you perform the copy of the S91smb link?
> 
> Apart from the fact I see no reason why Samba would have any affect on
> whether X11 starts or not, you shouldn't be touching these links but
> controlling them through the chkconfig system.
> 
> Do a "man chkconfig" or read the RHEL Admin guide for information on how
> you should be making changing to your startup scripts.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Michael.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
> On Behalf Of Bill
> Sent: Sunday, 26 February 2006 9:20 AM
> To: Red Hat Network Users List
> Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Kernel Update Question About 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
> 
> I have the same thing happening on my Dell PowerEdge where the video
> goes bad when the
> X11 launches.
> 
> I found that if you change:
> id:5:initdefault:
> to
> id:3:initdefault:
> in /etc/inittab, and copy /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S91smb to /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
> 
> This causes the system to come up to init state 3 instead of 5, and not
> launch the X11 programs. The console gets a non-gui login. But at least
> the system is stable.
> 
> Bill Watson
> bill at magicdigits.com
> 
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Lee Terrell <leet at directcon.net>
> To: rhn-users at redhat.com
> Sent: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:06:24 -0800
> Subject: [rhn-users] Kernel Update Question About 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I have a group of Dell PowerEdge 2850's I have recently received with 
> > Red Hat ES 4.  The machines all run well after the base install, and I
> 
> > can up2date everything to the ES 4 Update 2 levels.
> > 
> > After I try a kernel update to 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL or 2.6.9-22.0.2.ELsmp, 
> > either one, after the boot up, I loose X windows capability on the 
> > console, but I can still ssh and manage things that way.  I come from 
> > a background of using Red Hat 6-9 in a command line only environment, 
> > and we wanted to see what benefit we could have by also making X 
> > Windows available under ES 4.
> > 
> > I can log in with ssh and revert back to the original kernel, and the 
> > issue is still there.  My guess is that with the kernel update, some 
> > config for X Windows either gets changed or deleted.  Has anyone else 
> > seen an issue like this and can point me in a direction of a file or 
> > files I can investigate?
> > 
> > Thank you in advance for any advice,
> > Lee Terrell
> > 
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