The system always boot into the runlevel defined in inittab. The kernel parameter to give a predefined runlevel is skipped. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Unknown. 2. 3. Actual Results: Runlevel is fixed in grub like this (I tried more solutions, you can find more information in additional section): kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll softlevel=default When the default runlevel in inittab is changed, then the system boot into it. For example, if the initdefault is: id:4:initdefault: And the boot line in grub is: kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll softlevel=default (corresponding to the 3th INIT runlevel, the system still boot up on the 4th (ethernet) runlevel. Portage 2.1.2.7 (default-linux/x86/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686 mobile AMD Athlon (tm) 1400+ Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:00:01 +0000 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -s" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -s" DISTDIR="/mnt/lacie/gnu-linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles" FEATURES="candy cvs distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict userfetch userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.modulix.net/gentoo/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/ http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/" LANG="fr_FR.utf8" LC_ALL="fr_FR.utf8" LINGUAS="en-US en_GB fr_FR fr" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext 7zip X a52 aac aalib ace acpi adns aim alsa amarok amuled ao arj asf audiofile bash-completion berkdb bidi bindist binfilter bitmap-fonts bl bonjour bonobo branding bzip2 caps cdparanoia cdr cjk clamav cli colordiff console cracklib crypt css cups cvs cvsgraph dbus devhelp dga dio divx djvu dmi dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdread emacs emacs-w3 emerald enca encode enscript epson escreen esd exif fam fame fat fbcon ffmpeg filepro firefox flac font-server foomaticdb fortran fpx ftp gaim gb gcj gdb gdbm ggi gif gimp gimpprint glib glut gmail gmedia gmp gnome gnome-print gnomedb gnutella gphoto2 gpm graphlcd gs gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guionly hal hardened hardenedphp hpn html iconv icq id3 idn image imagemagick imap imlib isdnlog jabber jad java javascript jbig jpeg jpeg2k lame lcms leim libcaca libg++ libgda libnotify libwww lm_sensors lzo lzw mad magica maildir math matroska mbox mcal mcve md5sum mdb midi mikmod milter mime mjpeg mmap mmx mmxext mng mod modplug motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mpi mplayer msn mudflap mysql mysqli nas ncurses network nfs nls nntp no-seamonkey nodrm nptl nptlonly nsplugin odbc ofx ogg openal opengl openmp osc oscar pam pch pcre pdf perl plotutils png pop posix postgres ppds pppd print profile python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime rar readline real realmedia recode reflection rhythmbox rpm rtsp sdl sdl-sound session sharedmem shorten simplexml slp smime sndfile sockets socks5 source sox speex spell spl sqlite sqlite3 sse ssl startup-notification svg svga svgz symlink sysfs sysvipc szip tagwriting tcl tcltk tcpd tetex tga tgif theora threads thunderbird tidy tiff tk truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode unzip usb v4l v4l2 vcd vidix vim-syntax vim-with-x vorbis wavpack wddx win32codecs wma wmf wmp wxwindows x86 xanim xcomposite xface xine xml xmlrpc xorg xosd xpm xprint xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc yahoo zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en-US en_GB fr_FR fr" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY ---------------------------- # cat /etc/inittab # Default runlevel. id:4:initdefault: # System initialization, mount local filesystems, etc. si::sysinit:/sbin/rc sysinit # Further system initialization, brings up the boot runlevel. rc::bootwait:/sbin/rc boot l0:0:wait:/sbin/rc shutdown l1:S1:wait:/sbin/rc single l2:2:wait:/sbin/rc nonetwork l3:3:wait:/sbin/rc default l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc ethernet l5:5:wait:/sbin/rc default l6:6:wait:/sbin/rc reboot #z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin [...] ---------------------------- # diff /etc/runlevels/default/ /etc/runlevels/ethernet/ Only in /etc/runlevels/ethernet/: net.eth0 ---------------------------- # cat /boot/grub/grub.conf # Boot automatically after 30 secs. timeout 7 # By default, boot the first entry. default saved # Fallback to the second entry. fallback 1 # For booting GNU/Linux title=Gentoo Linux (2.6.19-gentoo-r5) StandAlone root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll softlevel=default initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 # For booting GNU/Linux title=Gentoo Linux (2.6.19-gentoo-r5) LAN root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll softlevel=ethernet initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 ---------------------------- Here are more kernel line parameters I've tried: kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll 3 kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll 4 Code: kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll init 3 kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll init 4 Code: kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll init=3 kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll init=4 Code: kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 3 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 4 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll Code: kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll 'init=/sbin/init 3' kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda5 vga=791 splash=verbose irqpoll 'init=/sbin/init 4'
Portage 2.1.2.7 (default-linux/x86/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686 mobile AMD Athlon (tm) 1400+ Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:00:01 +0000 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -s" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -s" DISTDIR="/mnt/lacie/gnu-linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles" FEATURES="candy cvs distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict userfetch userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.modulix.net/gentoo/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/ http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/" LANG="fr_FR.utf8" LC_ALL="fr_FR.utf8" LINGUAS="en-US en_GB fr_FR fr" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext 7zip X a52 aac aalib ace acpi adns aim alsa amarok amuled ao arj asf audiofile bash-completion berkdb bidi bindist binfilter bitmap-fonts bl bonjour bonobo branding bzip2 caps cdparanoia cdr cjk clamav cli colordiff console cracklib crypt css cups cvs cvsgraph dbus devhelp dga dio divx djvu dmi dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdread emacs emacs-w3 emerald enca encode enscript epson escreen esd exif fam fame fat fbcon ffmpeg filepro firefox flac font-server foomaticdb fortran fpx ftp gaim gb gcj gdb gdbm ggi gif gimp gimpprint glib glut gmail gmedia gmp gnome gnome-print gnomedb gnutella gphoto2 gpm graphlcd gs gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guionly hal hardened hardenedphp hpn html iconv icq id3 idn image imagemagick imap imlib isdnlog jabber jad java javascript jbig jpeg jpeg2k lame lcms leim libcaca libg++ libgda libnotify libwww lm_sensors lzo lzw mad magica maildir math matroska mbox mcal mcve md5sum mdb midi mikmod milter mime mjpeg mmap mmx mmxext mng mod modplug motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mpi mplayer msn mudflap mysql mysqli nas ncurses network nfs nls nntp no-seamonkey nodrm nptl nptlonly nsplugin odbc ofx ogg openal opengl openmp osc oscar pam pch pcre pdf perl plotutils png pop posix postgres ppds pppd print profile python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime rar readline real realmedia recode reflection rhythmbox rpm rtsp sdl sdl-sound session sharedmem shorten simplexml slp smime sndfile sockets socks5 source sox speex spell spl sqlite sqlite3 sse ssl startup-notification svg svga svgz symlink sysfs sysvipc szip tagwriting tcl tcltk tcpd tetex tga tgif theora threads thunderbird tidy tiff tk truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode unzip usb v4l v4l2 vcd vidix vim-syntax vim-with-x vorbis wavpack wddx win32codecs wma wmf wmp wxwindows x86 xanim xcomposite xface xine xml xmlrpc xorg xosd xpm xprint xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc yahoo zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en-US en_GB fr_FR fr" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
the softlevel is unrelated to the init runlevel
(In reply to comment #2) > the softlevel is unrelated to the init runlevel That is true, but rc should cater for this. We could re-open this bug and try and fix 1.12, but I know for sure it works as the reporter wants in baselayout-2.0.0_alpha3.
cater how exactly ? softlevel does not imply a runlevel
(In reply to comment #4) > cater how exactly ? softlevel does not imply a runlevel softlevel on the kernel commandline does not change the numeric runlevel that sysvinit uses. Instead it changes the runlevel actually used by rc.
so what's the question ? regardless of the numeric runlevel set as default by sysvinit, when `rc` is invoked by init to do the default runlevel, rc will actually do the specified softlevel
That the point. softlevel=foo will (or should) override the default in the inittab.
so we have some twisted logic in our rc that only respects softlevel when the sysvinit runlevel is 3 ? the default inittab runs `rc default` for sysvinit runlevels 3/4/5 ... i'd expect all three to behave the same by default
Actually it's overridden regardless of numerical level. It's just a way of choosing to boot runlevel home or work via kernel command line. This behaviour has been documented for ages. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=4#doc_chap5 It's right at the bottom of the page.
so to get back to the original report ... this line: l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc ethernet should read: l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc default we'll change the behavior so that baselayout-2 ignores the argument regardless when softlevel is used the sysv runlevel is irrelevant
I've committed a patch to the svn repo which now ignores numerical runlevels So to summarize 2 Will instruct sysvinit to enter runlevel 2 softlevel=foo Will enter the default inittab level unless as above, but really do `rc foo`
(In reply to comment #10) > this line: > l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc ethernet > should read: > l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc default Works fine like this (tested). > we'll change the behavior so that baselayout-2 ignores the argument regardless > when softlevel is used > > the sysv runlevel is irrelevant Ok. Thank you both.
