Initscript modification

[davidbrooke]

I'm trying to modify a couple of initscripts via their /etc/conf.d files.

1. /etc/init.d/mythbackend
There is a "need net" in the depends section that I need to negate some how. I tried rc_need="!net" but that didn't work.

2. /etc/init.d/NetworkManager
I need to add "sleep 2". Here is the location:

[khayyam]

[davidbrooke]

Thanks khayyam!

Item 2 is a result of a race condition between NM completing and mysql starting before NM was complete. It appears that NM restarts right after it is complete when mysql thinks it is OK to start. Mysql then gets stuck or it could work out. I tried using /etc/conf.d/mysql rc_need="net" but that still didn't quite work. I decided to try a delay, such that NM wouldn't say it was OK until it actually completed. I found by trial and error that placing the sleep statement as i previously posted works. I'm not sure what is going on with NM but this is as far as my troubleshooting could get me.

[khayyam]

[davidbrooke]

Maybe someone could look at NM and tell me if there is an issue of reconnecting or if this looks normal?

[davidbrooke]

[khayyam]

[davidbrooke]

[khayyam]

[depontius]

For another data point, I'm doing exactly what's being suggested. I also use MAC mapping in my dhcp server, so that my "static" IPs come over dhcp.

My clients are all (but one) using netifrc, and end up calling dhcpcd. It all works.

The one client that isn't using netifrc is a laptop using dhcpcd directly. (There are HowTos for this under Gentoo.)
_________________
.sigs waste space and bandwidth

[davidbrooke]

Again thanks to khayyam and depontius for your replies! Your inputs help greatly in my learning of Gentoo.
So far this what I understand:
1. NM isn't setup to manage "net" like netifrc because NM isn't properly intergrated like netifrc.
2. The "race condition" problem didn't occur until I switched from a regular HD to a SSD. (this is new info I forgot to supply)
3. Linux Mint, Arch and Gentoo on a regular HD don't exhibit the "race condition" using KDE with NM where as Gentoo with a SSD does. I have not tried any other disto with the SSD.
4. Of the distro's tested Linux Mint, Arch and Gentoo all have different init systems.
5. I can't prove for certain that there is a "race condition". I can only deduct from the situation that there is a "race condition" and by applying the "sleep 2" statement in /etc/init.d/NetworkManager that my system boots up correctly.
6. I can prove that using rc statements like rc_mythbackend_need="mysql" or rc_need="net" in the /etc/conf.d or rc.conf files don't result in the expected outcome.
7. I have a couple of options for a working system:
A. Use the current work-around of the "sleep 2" statement with NM.
B. Use netifrc

The above findings are broad statements and I can go into further detail if needed.

Questions
1. I'm going to assume that NM isn't intergrated into Openrc like netifrc. If so, will NM be intergrated to the same level as netifrc?
2. Does netifrc have a GUI that provides openvpn intergration?

[khayyam]

[depontius]

The fact that you're running "mythbackend" rather suggests you're running a server, but a query about an OpenVPN GUI is indicative of a client. I have two servers, running mythbackend on one and an OpenVPN endpoint on the other., though I hope to consolidate them on one server soon. I'm simply using OpenRC to start OpenVPN at boot time. I just looked, and according to the initscript, OpenVPN doesn't "provide" anything, so nothing will wait for it.

I would rather like to have an OpenVPN GUI for my laptop, also. Right now I just get root and start it that way, but I'd like something friendlier for my wife.
_________________
.sigs waste space and bandwidth

[szatox]