slackware: rc.4 never seems to get executed

[Glen Strom]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:03:30 -0500 (EST)
sciguy-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org wrote:

 Also, should runlevel 4 be included in c1 to c5?
> I suspect not, since they are supposed to be TTY consoles.
> 
c1 to c6 represent the consoles. The numbers that follow tell
you which runlevels they are available in for use.

For example, c3: 1235 means console 3 is available in runlevels 1, 2,
3, and 5. It's not available in runlevel 4. You can add console 3 to
runlevel 4 by adding the number to that line. Change this:
c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux

to this:
c3:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux

Note that by default, you already have console 6 available in runlevel
4. That's what that message at the end of the inittab file is about:

# Runlevel 4 used to be for an X window only system, until we discovered
# that it throws init into a loop that keeps your load avg at least 1
# all the time. Thus, there is now one getty opened on tty6. Hopefully
# no one will notice. ;^)
# It might not be bad to have one text console anyway, in case something
# happens to X.
x1:4:respawn:/etc/rc.d/rc.4

Don't worry about that. Take the advice of the Beatles (with one small
change in the lyrics to make it more appropriate for the situation):

When I find myself in times of trouble
Father Patrick comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

-- 
Glen Strom
gstrom-R6A+fiHC8nRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
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