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kampp0x

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Posted: May 19 2005,06:43

Hi there,

I installed DSL with the dsl-hdinstall script. I want to change the hostname and start the ssh daemon at startup (before I log in) When I boot from CD I add the parameters host=box13 ssh and it works fine.
When I add these parameters to appender in /etc/lilo.conf, save it, run lilo and reboot the hostname is still box en no ssh daemon is started although the additional parameters ARE present in /proc/cmdline but are somehow ignored.
Where did I go wrong?

SuperLou

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Posted: May 20 2005,18:53

Yeah, i need to change it so it searches for myDSLs in a different partition than the image. How do I enter cheat codes or change lilo.conf. What's the difference between the /etc/ version and the /cdrom/ version.

kampp0x

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Posted: May 23 2005,20:32

As nobody thinks this is an interesting post I dug down into /etc/init.d/dsl-config myself. If $INSTALLED is set to yes (true after a harddisk install) all boot parameters are skipped...
I think editing /etc/lilo.conf is not the proper way to start processes at startup. I added some startup commands to /opt/bootlocal.sh instead.

Maybe a good idea for you too, Superlou

adssse

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Posted: May 24 2005,14:14

I thought the programs that loaded up at startup were in the .xinitrc file. I remember that there is a line in there for when dillo starts at startup with the dsl page.

mikshaw

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Posted: May 24 2005,14:47

.xinitrc starts programs along with X. If you boot into text mode the file has no effect.
bootlocal starts programs during the boot process, before dsl is logged in.
.bash_profile runs non-x programs when you log in. Depending on your shell, this file might instead be .profile

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