On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 10:23:54AM -0400, Bill Matthews wrote: > But I noticed they dont start at boot. I start them manually. From > my solaris days I know I can start them with /etc/rc3.d/Swhatever > start. I've also learned from this mailing list that I can start them > with the command 'service whatever start'. Other people have pointed out various tools you can use. But here's something that might have been confusing you: > But how do I get them to load at boot? In Solaris, the existance of > the S script in /etc/rc3.d was enough. But that doesnt seem to do it > here? Fedora (and many other Linux distributions) use runlevels slightly differently from the way Solaris does it. In Solaris, they're cumulative -- everything in runlevel 1 starts, then 2, 3, 4, and 5. In Fedora, they're largely independent -- when the system comes up in runlevel 5, it looks at what's supposed to be running at that particular level, without considering lower-numbered ones. So if you're starting with the GUI running (runlevel 5), enabling a service in runlevel 3 is irrelevant. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
