build your own runlevels ?!

raptor · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 171

I read somewhere in the DOCS about the virtual-runlevels of Gentoo, so my question is how can I build my own runlevel ? What I want to do is create a virtual run-level for LTSP, what I mean ?
I want to be able to say :

telinit ltsp-run-level

and this way to start gdm, dhcpd, tftp, nfs, portmap....
Otherwise neither of them must be started...

How can I do this..?

PS. One problematic point is starting gdm, 'cause noramlly I login in text console and "startx &" into X if i want... But when i start gdm when i'm in X .. bad things happen :"( i.e. gdm tries to start another X, so how i can start gdm in a way that no graphical login shows, but only waiting for remote connections !!

nalin · Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2002 5:30 pm Post subject:

create etc/runlevel/runlevel_name
make or use rc scripts in /etc/init.d/
rc-update add rc_script runlevel_name

To boot to the custom runlevel modify etc/initab
I believe something like
-------------------------------------------------
...
# Default runlevel.

id:4:initdefault:

# System initialization (runs when system boots).
#DE:S12345:respawn:/sbin/devfsd /dev -fg
# Script to run when going single user (runlevel 1).
~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin

si:S:sysinit:/sbin/rc boot
l0:0:wait:/sbin/rc shutdown
l1:1:wait:/sbin/rc single
l2:2:wait:/sbin/rc nonetwork
l3:3:wait:/sbin/rc default
l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc custom_runlevel
...
---------------------------------------------------------------

the rc-scripts guide will give additional information and probably help more than I...

As for x, you might want to check the x howto(?) or x-free's site to find the proper flag if such exists and modify in a similar manner to the security guide (you may need to modify different files depending on which display manager your using, the security guide detailed this, in a different context, last time i looked at it)

nalin · Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2002 5:30 pm Post subject:

sry dbl post