/etc/rc.local not running contents on boot

Admin admin at enabled.com
Fri Jul 31 06:13:20 UTC 2009


Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
> On So, 2009-07-19 at 23:42 -0700, Admin wrote:
>> Rashkae wrote:
>>> Admin wrote:
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> I am finding that the contents of /etc/rc.local are not getting executed 
>>>> at reboot time.  I am trying to figure out why.  When I run 
>>>> /etc/rc.local as root things run fine.  What is going on here?
>>>>
> ...
>> How do I check the start-up scripts Process please?
> ...
> 
> i would guess one of your scripts simply dies ...
> 
> add a:
> 
> echo "return value for ...: $?"
> 
> below every script call (probably adding the name of the command above
> it) for any of your lines in rc.local (the $? variable automatically
> carries the return value of the last run command in a shellscript)
> 
> ciao
> 	oli
> 


Hi there I need a little more hand holding.  where do I  place the 
aforementioned echo command?

Cheers,

Noah


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