Tymestream Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 I thought I posted this question but it seems that I never submitted it (if it is found anywhere else - please forgive ) Mandrake 10 seems to be hanging at boot right when it checks for new hardware, I have had it installed for a few weeks and it happens intermittantly. Anyone else have this problem and know possible solution. I can interactively bypass it or shutdown the harddrake service and both options workaround the problem. But I am curios to find the dang issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axel_2078 Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 I've had this same problem before. Sometimes when I boot Mandrake, it will just hang at the new hardware detection phase. I had this problem just a few days ago and had to hard restart the system 4 times before it finally made it to the login prompt. It's really annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tymestream Posted September 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 If you are not installing and uninstalling alot of hardware you can turn off the harddrake service in the Mandrake Control Center > System > Services It is no solution but it prevents the hangup. Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Actually that is a solution because harddrake should only run at firstboot anyway, to catch whatever was missed at install. Never, once, has it done me anygood. If I think about it I a force an uninstall of the stupid thing. Currently I have it installed but not to run. Why can't mandrake run this once and turn it off? It may have a purpose in an upgrade but who does that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 bvc, I am curious. Say, I stopped service harddrake. If I do need to connect new hardware, it can be turned back on before connecting the hardware. But I am using removable hardware such as usb flash drive and camera. Those devices are sometimes connected, and sometimes they are not there. Will the usb camera connect if harddrake service is stopped? With the flash drive it's not a problem 'cause there is an entry for it in the /etc/fstab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tymestream Posted September 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Thats an interesting point...I have not tried my Camera or my irviver at all even with harddrake turned on - I will do both with it on and off and see what happens. Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tymestream Posted September 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Hey bvc, Off topic : I just was at you screenshot directory and saw a neat little cpu,eth0,swap monitor running on the 1280 screenshot in Gnome. Is that part of Gnome or a seperate app? I use KDE and can't find a nice clean monitor like that. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 bvc, I am curious. Say, I stopped service harddrake. If I do need to connect new hardware, it can be turned back on before connecting the hardware. But I am using removable hardware such as usb flash drive and camera. Those devices are sometimes connected, and sometimes they are not there. Will the usb camera connect if harddrake service is stopped? With the flash drive it's not a problem 'cause there is an entry for it in the /etc/fstab. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thats an interesting point...I have not tried my Camera or my irviver at all even with harddrake turned on - I will do both with it on and off and see what happens. Regards, <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes they should still work. Harddrake is for NEW hardware. First boot/ upgrades..... Hey bvc, Off topic : I just was at you screenshot directory and saw a neat little cpu,eth0,swap monitor running on the 1280 screenshot in Gnome. Is that part of Gnome or a seperate app? I use KDE and can't find a nice clean monitor like that. Thanks in advance. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> it's called gkrellm. It's on the cd's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axel_2078 Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 My computer boots up a bit faster thanks to that tip about turning off hard drake. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 I wonder what else could be turned off to speed up the boot process. Does anybody know any *plain English* up-to-date description of services that run on startup? There used to be one on old forum mandrakeuser.org, but it is probably a bit outdated. It used to be that Windows was lagging behind Linux in this regard, but now it takes for my laptop only a fraction of time to boot XP than Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 there's, or was, a thread on this forum somewhere, and there are several threads asking the very same question so I thought it was in the FAQ but I just skimmed through there and didn't see it. Was it removed :unsure: [root@localhost root]# service -s Modules Loaded: Nothing acpid (pid 2716) is running... Sound loaded atd is stopped crond is stopped cupsd (pid 2771) is running... devfsd (pid 468) is running... dm is stopped gpm (pid 2578) is running... Harddrake service was not run at boot timeINPUT status for kernel: Linux 2.6.7 i686 Sound loaded syslogd (pid 2555) is stopped klogd (pid 2564) is stopped USB Loaded. xfs (pid 2700) is stopped xinetd is stopped [root@localhost root]# oh, don't just go stopping xfs w/o adding the font dirs to the config file. [root@localhost root]# chkconfig --list alsa 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off dm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off kheader 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off partmon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off random 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off rawdevices 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off sound 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off netplugd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off syslog 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off crond 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off hotplug 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off devfsd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off harddrake 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off oki4daemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off mtink 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off shorewall 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off acpi 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off acpid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off masqmail 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off [root@localhost root]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tymestream Posted September 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 I wonder what else could be turned off to speed up the boot process. Does anybody know any *plain English* up-to-date description of services that run on startup? There used to be one on old forum mandrakeuser.org, but it is probably a bit outdated. It used to be that Windows was lagging behind Linux in this regard, but now it takes for my laptop only a fraction of time to boot XP than Linux. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In the Mandrake Control Center > System > Services menu there is an info button that, when pressed, gives a small blurb about what the service is and the ability to turn it on or off. This is by no means comprehensive but it helped me alot in deciding what services to deactivate on one machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tymestream Posted September 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 masqmail 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off [root@localhost root]# Just using this one example, are these the status of this service in each of the runlevels? Or are the 1-6 something different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 yes, each runlevel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 masqmail 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off [root@localhost root]# Just using this one example, are these the status of this service in each of the runlevels? Or are the 1-6 something different? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The on/off things simply say whether the service will start at a particular runlevel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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