When ever I start vdr, I get this error message: ---------------------------------------- lab2 ~ # /etc/init.d/vdr start * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * Starting vdr-1.2.6 ... /usr/bin/show_dvb_image: no process killed .................... timeout, if your compute is too slow enlarge waittime * Failed to start vdr. --------------------------------------- Anyway vdr was started and works! So this is a false alarm. Here is cut from the logfile /var/log/everything/current: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mar 23 16:32:19 [su(pam_unix)] session opened for user vdr by (uid=0) Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] VDR version 1.2.6 started Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] loading /etc/vdr/setup.conf Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] loading /etc/vdr/sources.conf Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] loading /etc/vdr/diseqc.conf Mar 23 16:32:19 [su(pam_unix)] session closed for user vdr Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] loading /etc/vdr/channels.conf Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] loading /etc/vdr/timers.conf Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] loading /etc/vdr/commands.conf Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] loading /etc/vdr/reccmds.conf Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] loading /etc/vdr/svdrphosts.conf Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] loading /etc/vdr/ca.conf Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] loading /etc/vdr/remote.conf Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] loading /etc/vdr/keymacros.conf Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] found 1 video device Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] setting primary device to 1 Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] SVDRP listening on port 2001 Mar 23 16:32:19 [lircd 0.7.0] accepted new client on /dev/lircd Mar 23 16:32:19 [vdr] switching to channel 8 Mar 23 16:32:39 [rc-scripts] Failed to start vdr. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. /etc/init.d/vdr start 2. 3. Actual Results: I get a false error message. Expected Results: The script should exit with "ok". Information about my system: *********************************** lab2 ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1, 2.6.11-mm4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-mm4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.10 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Mar 21 2005, 15:44:28)] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.6.3, 1.5, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r6 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.14 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/NX/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.scarlet-internet.nl/pub/gentoo ftp://mirror.nutsmaas.nl/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirror.icd.hu/ http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ http://www.gigaload.org/gentoo.org/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X aalib alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cscope cups curl doc dvb dvd dvdr emboss encode esd fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib java jpeg junit kde libg++ libwww lirc mad maildir mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses network nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt readline real samba scanner sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb xine xml2 xmms xv zlib linguas_de" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY *******************************
Changed bug status to resolved INVALID, as the ebuild does not contain a init script, there is nothing to fix here. Report the bug to where you got your init script from.