Hi all, I'm ready to ask this on another list too, but let me give it a try. I wanted to setup some custom boot tasks in /etc/rc.local, which is said to be the right place for it. However, it appears this script is executed twice when booting into runlevel 2 ! It's a Debian Sid system, daily updated, amd64 stock kernel, and nothing special installed (i hope). This is how i tested with /etc/rc.local: #!/bin/sh -e # # rc.local # # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel. # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other # value on error. # # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution # bits. # # By default this script does nothing. log=/tmp/log echo "----------- /etc/rc.local start -----------" >> $log date >> $log echo "Runlevel: $RUNLEVEL" >> $log echo "PPID: " $PPID >> $log echo "Process environment:" >> $log ps e -p $PPID >> $log echo "All processes:" >> $log ps aux >> $log pstree >> $log echo "----------- /etc/rc.local stop -----------" >> $log (script end) This is kind of overkill, but i wanted to ensure i don't miss some detail. Now, this is the output, right after booting into runlevel 2 (only into textconsole, X session remporarily disabled): ----------- /etc/rc.local start ----------- Wed Dec 2 07:12:03 CET 2009 Runlevel: 2 PPID: 1829 Process environment: PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 1829 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S99rc.local start CONSOLE=/dev/console SELINUX_INIT=YES TERM=linux rootmnt=/root INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 init=/sbin/init PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin runlevel=2 RUNLEVEL=2 PWD=/ VERBOSE=yes previous=N PREVLEVEL=N SHLVL=1 HOME=/ BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-amd64 _=/etc/rc2.d/S99rc.local All processes: USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 3.0 0.0 10328 752 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 init [2] root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kthreadd] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [migration/0] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [watchdog/0] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [migration/1] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [ksoftirqd/1] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [watchdog/1] root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [events/0] root 10 0.1 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [events/1] root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [cpuset] root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [khelper] root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [netns] root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [async/mgr] root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kintegrityd/0] root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kintegrityd/1] root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kblockd/0] root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kblockd/1] root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kacpid] root 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kacpi_notify] root 21 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kacpi_hotplug] root 22 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [ksuspend_usbd] root 23 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [khubd] root 24 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kseriod] root 25 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kondemand/0] root 26 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kondemand/1] root 27 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 07:11 0:00 [khungtaskd] root 28 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 07:11 0:00 [pdflush] root 29 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 07:11 0:00 [pdflush] root 30 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kswapd0] root 31 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [aio/0] root 32 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [aio/1] root 33 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [crypto/0] root 34 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [crypto/1] root 202 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [ata/0] root 203 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [ata/1] root 204 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [ata_aux] root 215 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [scsi_eh_0] root 216 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [scsi_eh_1] root 217 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [scsi_eh_2] root 218 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [scsi_eh_3] root 219 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [scsi_eh_4] root 220 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [scsi_eh_5] root 286 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [usbhid_resumer] root 316 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kjournald] root 399 0.5 0.0 17052 1204 ? S<s 07:11 0:00 udevd --daemon root 545 0.0 0.0 17048 1096 ? S< 07:11 0:00 udevd --daemon root 546 0.0 0.0 17048 1096 ? S< 07:11 0:00 udevd --daemon root 588 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kpsmoused] root 599 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [edac-poller] root 643 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [hd-audio0] root 1066 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kjournald] root 1067 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kjournald] root 1070 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kjournald] root 1071 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kjournald] root 1072 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kjournald] daemon 1138 0.0 0.0 8028 532 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 /sbin/portmap root 1150 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [rpciod/0] root 1151 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [rpciod/1] root 1153 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kslowd] root 1154 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kslowd] root 1155 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [nfsiod] root 1161 0.0 0.0 26968 596 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.idmapd root 1332 0.5 0.0 17632 1708 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/init.d/rc 2 root 1355 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kconservative/0] root 1356 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kconservative/1] root 1407 1.0 0.0 19600 932 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 /usr/sbin/syslog-ng -p /var/run/syslog-ng.pid root 1418 0.0 0.0 3828 552 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 /usr/sbin/acpid 104 1428 0.5 0.0 23336 928 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system avahi 1439 0.5 0.0 33808 1520 ? S 07:11 0:00 avahi-daemon: running [gandalf.local] avahi 1440 0.0 0.0 33680 524 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper root 1472 1.0 0.0 115860 2836 ? Ssl 07:11 0:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon 103 1540 0.0 0.0 16576 984 tty10 Ss+ 07:12 0:00 daemon --foreground --respawn --attempts=20 --delay=10 --name=10-_-_var_-_log_-_syslog --pidfile=/var/run/console-log/Debian-console-log/10-_-_var_-_log_-_syslog --user Debian-console-log adm /usr/share/console-log/logpager -- less /var/log/syslog 7000000 103 1547 0.0 0.0 8316 916 pts/0 Ss+ 07:12 0:00 less -Pwless /var/log/syslog +F /var/log/syslog 103 1561 0.0 0.0 16576 984 tty9 Ss+ 07:12 0:00 daemon --foreground --respawn --attempts=20 --delay=10 --name=9-_-_var_-_log_-_kern.log --pidfile=/var/run/console-log/Debian-console-log/9-_-_var_-_log_-_kern.log --user Debian-console-log adm /usr/share/console-log/logpager -- less /var/log/kern.log 7000000 103 1564 0.0 0.0 8316 916 pts/1 Ss+ 07:12 0:00 less -Pwless /var/log/kern.log +F /var/log/kern.log root 1580 0.0 0.0 6456 500 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t exps2 root 1616 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:12 0:00 [lockd] root 1617 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:12 0:00 [nfsd4] root 1618 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:12 0:00 [nfsd] root 1619 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:12 0:00 [nfsd] root 1623 0.0 0.0 14504 428 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd root 1655 0.5 0.0 19264 912 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/xinetd -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid 110 1662 17.0 0.1 34288 5004 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald root 1663 0.0 0.0 20056 1344 ? S 07:12 0:00 hald-runner root 1747 0.0 0.0 22044 1224 ? S 07:12 0:00 hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event2 /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event5 /dev/input/event1 root 1748 0.0 0.0 22044 1212 ? S 07:12 0:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hda (every 16 sec) root 1749 0.0 0.0 22052 1200 ? S 07:12 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq 110 1750 0.0 0.0 25936 1200 ? S 07:12 0:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket root 1764 0.0 0.0 74988 2824 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf daemon 1803 0.0 0.0 16372 432 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd root 1823 0.0 0.0 22032 1032 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron root 1829 0.0 0.0 17544 1576 ? S 07:12 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S99rc.local start root 1832 0.0 0.0 17416 1404 ? S 07:12 0:00 /bin/sh -e /etc/rc.local root 1835 0.0 0.0 14744 1012 ? R 07:12 0:00 ps aux init-+-acpid |-atd |-avahi-daemon---avahi-daemon |-console-kit-dae---63*[{console-kit-dae}] |-cron |-cupsd |-2*[daemon---less] |-dbus-daemon |-gpm |-hald---hald-runner-+-hald-addon-acpi | |-hald-addon-cpuf | |-hald-addon-inpu | `-hald-addon-stor |-portmap |-rc---S99rc.local---rc.local---pstree |-rpc.idmapd |-rpc.mountd |-syslog-ng |-udevd---2*[udevd] `-xinetd ----------- /etc/rc.local stop ----------- ----------- /etc/rc.local start ----------- Wed Dec 2 07:12:05 CET 2009 Runlevel: 2 PPID: 2141 Process environment: PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 2141 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S99rc.local start CONSOLE=/dev/console SELINUX_INIT=YES TERM=linux rootmnt=/root INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 init=/sbin/init PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin runlevel=2 RUNLEVEL=2 PWD=/ VERBOSE=yes previous=N PREVLEVEL=N SHLVL=1 HOME=/ BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-amd64 _=/etc/rc2.d/S99rc.local All processes: USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 2.7 0.0 10328 752 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 init [2] root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kthreadd] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [migration/0] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [watchdog/0] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [migration/1] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [ksoftirqd/1] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [watchdog/1] root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [events/0] root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [events/1] root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [cpuset] root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [khelper] root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [netns] root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [async/mgr] root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kintegrityd/0] root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kintegrityd/1] root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kblockd/0] root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kblockd/1] root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kacpid] root 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kacpi_notify] root 21 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kacpi_hotplug] root 22 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [ksuspend_usbd] root 23 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [khubd] root 24 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kseriod] root 25 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kondemand/0] root 26 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kondemand/1] root 27 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 07:11 0:00 [khungtaskd] root 28 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 07:11 0:00 [pdflush] root 29 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 07:11 0:00 [pdflush] root 30 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kswapd0] root 31 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [aio/0] root 32 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [aio/1] root 33 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [crypto/0] root 34 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [crypto/1] root 202 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [ata/0] root 203 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [ata/1] root 204 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [ata_aux] root 215 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [scsi_eh_0] root 216 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [scsi_eh_1] root 217 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [scsi_eh_2] root 218 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [scsi_eh_3] root 219 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [scsi_eh_4] root 220 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [scsi_eh_5] root 286 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [usbhid_resumer] root 316 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kjournald] root 399 0.4 0.0 17052 1204 ? S<s 07:11 0:00 udevd --daemon root 545 0.0 0.0 17048 1096 ? S< 07:11 0:00 udevd --daemon root 546 0.0 0.0 17048 1096 ? S< 07:11 0:00 udevd --daemon root 588 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kpsmoused] root 599 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [edac-poller] root 643 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [hd-audio0] root 1066 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kjournald] root 1067 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kjournald] root 1070 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kjournald] root 1071 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kjournald] root 1072 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kjournald] daemon 1138 0.0 0.0 8028 532 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 /sbin/portmap root 1150 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [rpciod/0] root 1151 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [rpciod/1] root 1153 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kslowd] root 1154 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kslowd] root 1155 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [nfsiod] root 1161 0.0 0.0 26968 596 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.idmapd root 1332 1.0 0.0 17644 1720 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/init.d/rc 2 root 1355 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kconservative/0] root 1356 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:11 0:00 [kconservative/1] root 1407 0.7 0.0 19600 944 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 /usr/sbin/syslog-ng -p /var/run/syslog-ng.pid root 1418 0.0 0.0 3828 552 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 /usr/sbin/acpid 104 1428 0.5 0.0 23336 936 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system avahi 1439 0.3 0.0 33808 1520 ? S 07:11 0:00 avahi-daemon: running [gandalf.local] avahi 1440 0.0 0.0 33680 524 ? Ss 07:11 0:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper root 1472 0.6 0.0 115888 2952 ? Ssl 07:11 0:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon 103 1540 0.0 0.0 16576 984 tty10 Ss+ 07:12 0:00 daemon --foreground --respawn --attempts=20 --delay=10 --name=10-_-_var_-_log_-_syslog --pidfile=/var/run/console-log/Debian-console-log/10-_-_var_-_log_-_syslog --user Debian-console-log adm /usr/share/console-log/logpager -- less /var/log/syslog 7000000 103 1547 0.0 0.0 8316 916 pts/0 Ss+ 07:12 0:00 less -Pwless /var/log/syslog +F /var/log/syslog 103 1561 0.0 0.0 16576 984 tty9 Ss+ 07:12 0:00 daemon --foreground --respawn --attempts=20 --delay=10 --name=9-_-_var_-_log_-_kern.log --pidfile=/var/run/console-log/Debian-console-log/9-_-_var_-_log_-_kern.log --user Debian-console-log adm /usr/share/console-log/logpager -- less /var/log/kern.log 7000000 103 1564 0.0 0.0 8316 916 pts/1 Ss+ 07:12 0:00 less -Pwless /var/log/kern.log +F /var/log/kern.log root 1580 0.0 0.0 6456 500 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t exps2 root 1616 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:12 0:00 [lockd] root 1617 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:12 0:00 [nfsd4] root 1618 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:12 0:00 [nfsd] root 1619 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 07:12 0:00 [nfsd] root 1623 0.0 0.0 14504 428 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd root 1655 0.2 0.0 19264 912 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/xinetd -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid 110 1662 8.5 0.1 34288 5004 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald root 1663 0.0 0.0 20056 1344 ? S 07:12 0:00 hald-runner root 1747 0.0 0.0 22044 1224 ? S 07:12 0:00 hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event2 /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event5 /dev/input/event1 root 1748 0.0 0.0 22044 1212 ? S 07:12 0:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hda (every 16 sec) root 1749 0.0 0.0 22052 1200 ? S 07:12 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq 110 1750 0.0 0.0 25936 1200 ? S 07:12 0:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket root 1764 1.0 0.0 74988 2824 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf daemon 1803 0.0 0.0 16372 432 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd root 1823 0.0 0.0 22032 1032 ? Ss 07:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron root 2141 0.0 0.0 17544 1580 ? S 07:12 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc2.d/S99rc.local start root 2144 0.0 0.0 17416 1404 ? S 07:12 0:00 /bin/sh -e /etc/rc.local root 2147 0.0 0.0 14744 1008 ? R 07:12 0:00 ps aux init-+-acpid |-atd |-avahi-daemon---avahi-daemon |-console-kit-dae---63*[{console-kit-dae}] |-cron |-cupsd |-2*[daemon---less] |-dbus-daemon |-gpm |-hald---hald-runner-+-hald-addon-acpi | |-hald-addon-cpuf | |-hald-addon-inpu | `-hald-addon-stor |-portmap |-rc---S99rc.local---rc.local---pstree |-rpc.idmapd |-rpc.mountd |-syslog-ng |-udevd---2*[udevd] `-xinetd ----------- /etc/rc.local stop ----------- Further infos: - The sysv-rc and sysvinit packages are version 2.87dsf-8. - /etc/inittab is the original default one (i reinstalled sysvinit). - It's still the legacy runlevel init setup. I rejected the upgrade to the new dependency thing in about October, since some initsripts were not properly prepared that time; later, i did not do it because i wanted to track this problem under unmodified conditions first). The indicator file '/etc/init.d/.legacy-bootordering' is in place. - I noted the problem only after the upgrade to grub2, but this may as well be unrelated. I have some questions: (1) What does the '2' in the 'init [2]' entry of the ps output mean ? (2) Do i interpret it correctly that udev gets started twice ? Is this ok ? (3) What does SELINUX_INIT=YES (in the process environment) mean ? Package SeLinux is not installed here...? (4) I also wonder about what i interpret as 63 * console-kit (there's only one /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon process, after startup, so what does it do at boot ??) I am a little bit irritated about to how get the boot messages from the runlevel initscripts stored on disk, for later analysis. I can see some essential services FAIL (syslog, cron and xientd). But apparently they are just running later. I suspect it's because some redundant init process tries to start them twice. If that's the case than i have to assume this box is pretty much screwed. However, i can not find these FAIL messages in any log in /var/log (for example, not with grep -r FAIL *, nor when i grep for the service name). I would appreciate any idea how to track this problem down. It does not keep me from doing my work, it's just i'm worried what else may be screwed. I somehow can not trust this system, then. I even started to wonder if it could be a virus (although i never heard of any linux PC virus) ! I'll attach all files and some log in a tarball. (I cleaned the logs before reboot) tia, mi
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