Ben Measures wrote:
> MM wrote:
>
>> Zapp Brannigan wrote:
>>
>>> Did a emerge world this evening, as I has not updated for a while.
>>> Anyhow, it needed quite a few etc merges. I was quite careful what I
>>> merged (I use Beyond Compare from my Windows PC, across FTP to
>>> merge). The problem I have now, is that when I start up, some
>>> services do not start:
>>>
>>> Runlevel: default
>>> local [
>>> off ]
>>> netmount [
>>> started ]
>>> domainname [
>>> started ]
>>> net.eth0 [
>>> started ]
>>> sshd [
>>> started ]
>>> syslog-ng [
>>> started ]
>>> vixie-cron [
>>> off ]
>>> pure-ftpd [
>>> off ]
>>> apache2 [
>>> started ]
>>> mysql [
>>> started ]
>>> alsasound [
>>> started ]
>>> sendmail [
>>> off ]
>>> iptables [
>>> started ]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If however, after starting, I do a:
>>>
>>> /etc/init.d/local start
>>>
>>> It all comes up OK... What could be causing this? This is a headless
>>> system that I access via sshd, so I do not know if anything is
>>> displayed to the console during boot (is it logged anywhere??? I know
>>> about dmesg, but it's after that bit of bootup)
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Have you tried an 'rc-update add <service> default' on the services
>> that aren't starting?
>>
>> MM
>>
>
> You can check which services are set to start (and at which runlevels) with
> rc-update show
>

The services that are not starting, should be according to re-update show...

rc-update show
alsasound | default
apache2 | default
bootmisc | boot
checkfs | boot
checkroot | boot
clock | boot
consolefont | boot
crypto-loop |
domainname | default
giptables |
gpm |
hdparm |
hostname | boot
iptables | default
keymaps | boot
local | default
localmount | boot
modules | boot
mysql | default
net.eth0 | default
net.lo | boot
netmount | default
nscd |
numlock |
pure-ftpd | default
rmnologin | boot
rsyncd |
sendmail | default
serial | boot
sshd | default
switch |