[NoCat] NoCatSplash start problems

[Vacio]

hi again,

I got this one figured out.

I didn't get the rc2.d script to work.  I think it needed a --make pidfile
command but I found a better way.

I just put the command in the /etc/inittab file and everything is working
great now.

Thanks for thinking about this.

/Rob

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[mailto:nocat-bounces at lists.nocat.net]On Behalf Of Vacio
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 8:05 AM
To: nocat at lists.nocat.net
Subject: [NoCat] NoCatSplash start problems


hi folks,

I'm having trouble getting NoCatSplash to load at
system start-up.  The start-up script seems to hang and
it prevents the rest of the system start-up from going
through normally.

The system is a Metrix Mark II--Soekris 4826 with two
prism radios--running Ubuntu 5.10.  NoCatSplash is
either 0.92 or 0.93.  When I execute splashd from a
command prompt, it works great.  I can't get it to work
properly from an init script.

I have put the script, also named splashd, in
/etc/init.d and then put a symlink S99splashd in the
rc2.d directory that points to /etc/init.d/splashd.

When the system boots, the splashd script and the task
show up at the bottom of the job list but none of the
other services, like thttpd, are running.  The access
point won't accept any traffic.

If I manually kill the splashd script, the boot then
proceeds and the services start up right.  The access
point accepts traffic, doing the great catch and
release that NoCatSplash normally does.

I'm playing way above my linux skill level here and
could really use some help fixing this.  Does anyone
have an idea why the start-up is sticking?

Thanks,

/Rob


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