[ILUG] initscript not being called

[Padraig Brady]

Padraig Brady wrote:
> Kenn Humborg wrote:
> 
>>>>> OK I've an initscript that I wan't called at startup and shutdown.
>>>>> I added it using chkconfig and manually with the same results.
>>>>> The problem is the S script is called but the K one is not?
>>>>
>> ...
>>
>>> $ find /etc/rc.d/ -name "K*battery" | xargs ls -l
>>> /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K03battery -> ../init.d/battery
>>> /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K03battery -> ../init.d/battery
>>> /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K03battery -> ../init.d/battery
>>> [padraig at dhcp-208 pixelbeat]$ find /etc/rc.d/ -name "S*battery" | 
>>> xargs ls -l
>>> /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S97battery -> ../init.d/battery
>>> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S97battery -> ../init.d/battery
>>> /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S97battery -> ../init.d/battery
>>> /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S97battery -> ../init.d/battery
>>
>> Right, that's the first obvious cause eliminated.
>>
>> Now, are you positive that it's not actually being called?
>> What if you put something like
>> ( echo $* ; date ) >> /tmp/battery.log
> 
> This essentially what the script does :-)
> 
>> at the top of the script?
>>
>> Does it work if you manually stop it:
>>
>> # service battery stop
> 
> Hmm didn't know about the service command.
> Yes this does call it?

OK you told me to instrument rc to see what's wrong
when I noticed that rc requires that /var/lock/subsys/battery
be present before it runs a K script. I.E. the initscript must
manage this file. This seems silly to me (rc should manage it itself)?

thanks
Padraig.