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== udev activating services ==
== udev activating services ==


* If udev is activating services you don't want (and possibly also loading kernel modules0, try to change RC_COLDPLUG value in /etc/conf.d/rc (and possibly RC_HOTPLUG too).
* If udev is activating services you don't want (and possibly also loading kernel modules), try to change RC_COLDPLUG value in /etc/conf.d/rc (and possibly RC_HOTPLUG too).

Revision as of 23:21, 10 January 2009

This documents the boot process in Gentoo Linux.

Obtaining a log of the boot messages

  • This is actually difficult. dmesg will give you a log of the kernel messages, and emerging a log system (and activating it, you need to add the init script to a runlevel) will also give you some information. But getting a complete log of the init scripts messages is hard.
  • You can still get some information by editing /etc/conf.d/rc, changing RC_BOOTLOG="yes" and emerging the package showconsole. The log file will be written to /var/log/boot.msg. But it will miss some parts of the boot process - that's normal.

udev activating services

  • If udev is activating services you don't want (and possibly also loading kernel modules), try to change RC_COLDPLUG value in /etc/conf.d/rc (and possibly RC_HOTPLUG too).