At 2:48 PM +0100 8/1/07, Timothy Murphy wrote: >Tim wrote: > >> On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 23:10 -0400, Mail List wrote: > >>> rc.local is executed after the init scripts on boot - what is the >>> equivalent which would be executed before the scripts during the shutdown >>> phase? >> >> You probably want to look at: /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S00killall It references >> something else that *can* exist near the end. > >I'm interested in this, >as one of my laptops goes completely black when I re-boot it >(either by "shutdown -r now" or by clicking on the Log out icon). >This doesn't do any harm, as it re-boots normally, >and comes up with the usual BIOS screen. >It's just puzzling. Is this the intentional screen-blanking that can be overridden by moving the mouse or pressing the "Any" key, and avoided by removing "quiet" (IIRC) from the kernel boot line? >To add to the puzzle, I have two identical laptops (ThinkPad T23's) >and this only happens on one ... Now you have something to check? -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
