Posted by: lectric
Linux Init Question - 21/12/2005 15:26
A little background: We are running D3 emulation on linux. D3 is an old pick mainframe that has been ported for modern hardware. The software just runs inside the D3 environment.
The problem is that when D3 starts automatically, quite a few of the printers do NOT work. The only way to make them work is to stop D3 and restart it. When I run D3 by hand, the printers just work. Currently, I am calling D3 from the last line in the rc.local script. This is, of course, being called by S99local in rc3.d.
The question:
Is there a way to make rc.local wait say, 30 seconds after all other commands are processed to start the D3 process? I mean, I could take it out altogether, but in the case of a problem on a week-end, it means D3 will not start properly on its own. My gut feeling is that there's a race-condition with the equinox drivers and D3 is beating the drivers up. Any thoughts?
Another possibility, it appears the equinox drivers are getting started by rc.local as well. Could they safely be moved? I can't figure why not, but I'm no expert.
TIA
The problem is that when D3 starts automatically, quite a few of the printers do NOT work. The only way to make them work is to stop D3 and restart it. When I run D3 by hand, the printers just work. Currently, I am calling D3 from the last line in the rc.local script. This is, of course, being called by S99local in rc3.d.
The question:
Is there a way to make rc.local wait say, 30 seconds after all other commands are processed to start the D3 process? I mean, I could take it out altogether, but in the case of a problem on a week-end, it means D3 will not start properly on its own. My gut feeling is that there's a race-condition with the equinox drivers and D3 is beating the drivers up. Any thoughts?
Another possibility, it appears the equinox drivers are getting started by rc.local as well. Could they safely be moved? I can't figure why not, but I'm no expert.
TIA
