[ubuntu-za] Bootscreen weirdness

[Robert Schumann]

Jean Gruneberg wrote:

> Deon Erasmus wrote:
>
>>>
>>> chmod -x /etc/init.d/ntpdate. Then you can
>>
>
In fact, that is an inadvisable way of doing things.  The recommended
method is to use update-rc.d, as in
   update-rc.d ntpdate remove
That leaves the script intact and available, and simply removes the
symlink from /etc/rcX.d.  This is not the most obvious solution,
however, and probably only makes a difference for pedants like me.

I would consider this a bug in the ntpdate startup script; it is
unacceptable for startup to be delayed for a 2 minute DNS timeout.  That
is inviting mockery from Windows users....

Robert.