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Bug 104630 - Splashutils' boot splash blocks dcron
Summary: Splashutils' boot splash blocks dcron
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: SpanKY
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Reported: 2005-09-02 12:03 UTC by Petr Kopecky
Modified: 2006-03-24 06:24 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Runtime testing required: ---

Attachments
Ebuild diff for 2.9-r4 (dcron-2.9-r4-ebuild.diff,740 bytes, patch)
2006-03-24 06:19 UTC, Michael Hordijk 		Details | Diff
Patch to dcron to detach from the controlling console. (dcron-2.9-console.patch,284 bytes, patch)
2006-03-24 06:20 UTC, Michael Hordijk 		Details | Diff
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Description Petr Kopecky 2005-09-02 12:03:39 UTC 
Splash is working fine with this CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 argument and is not working
correctly without it. But with that argument there is a problem with dcron.
Dcron is started in default init runlevel and there is an "[ OK ]" message but
dcron is not running. Dcron is working perfectly without CONSOLE=/dev/tty1
argument. Splash somehow blocks dron.

/boot/grub/menu.lst:
...
title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r10
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/boot/kernel-2.6.12-r10 root=/dev/hda2
video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-32@85 splash=silent,fadein,theme:GoGentooGo
quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1
initrd (hd0,1)/boot/fbsplash-GoGentooGo-1024x768-2.6.12
...


gentoo-sources 2.6.12-r10
splashutils 1.1.9.8

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Turn on splash
2. Boot system
Comment 1 Michal Januszewski (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-09-05 11:30:57 UTC 
This looks like yet another program that does not detach itself correctly from
its controlling tty. Please have a look at
http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/troubleshooting.php#ctty for a
detailed description of the problem. Bug #98342 might also be helpful.
Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-09-05 21:31:59 UTC 
you never said what version of dcron you're using ...
Comment 3 Petr Kopecky 2005-09-06 11:11:16 UTC 
Sorry for that. 
It was dcron 2.9-r2. 
But today I've upgraded to 2.9-r4 and problem seems to vanish :-)
Comment 4 Michael Hordijk 2006-03-24 06:18:19 UTC 
OK, I finally came across this bug, and referncing the link provided in #1 I was able to fix it for me.  I've attached my patch and ebuild diff.  As Spock's FAQ points out, dcron is not properly detaching from the kernel.
Comment 5 Michael Hordijk 2006-03-24 06:19:28 UTC 
Created attachment 83010 [details, diff]
Ebuild diff for 2.9-r4
Comment 6 Michael Hordijk 2006-03-24 06:20:22 UTC 
Created attachment 83011 [details, diff]
Patch to dcron to detach from the controlling console.
Comment 7 Michael Hordijk 2006-03-24 06:24:56 UTC 
(In reply to comment #4)
> referncing

referencing

> dcron is not properly detaching from the kernel.

console.

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