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fowler

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Registered: 2009-01-26

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Show shutdown messages

I know you modify /etc/issue to keep the startup messages on tty1.  What do you modify to show the messages as it is shutting down?

lagagnon

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Registered: 2009-12-10

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Re: Show shutdown messages

Is this what you mean?:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Di … t_Messages

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fowler

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Registered: 2009-01-26

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Re: Show shutdown messages

well, yes that is what will keep the boot messages up.  I already did that. I'm talking about showing the process as it is shutting down.  When it is shutting down all i see is a login prompt and thing it just power's off instead of showing what is shutting down.

fowler

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Re: Show shutdown messages

I waited what I think is an appropriate amount of time to see If anyone would reply to this.  I know I've done this in the past but I can't find the wiki that said it.  Do I have to modify a shutdown script?

lagagnon

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Re: Show shutdown messages

I don't know if this will help you much but the script which does the shutdown is /etc/rc.shutdown . I guess you would have to somehow log the actions of that script so you could review it - how that could be done I do not know.

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fowler

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Registered: 2009-01-26

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Re: Show shutdown messages

i found that switching to vty8 (cnt-alt-f8) shows the shutdown messages.  How would I switch to that by default at shutdown?

skunktrader

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Registered: 2010-02-14

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Re: Show shutdown messages

chvt

fowler

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Registered: 2009-01-26

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Re: Show shutdown messages

where would I put that?

fowler

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Registered: 2009-01-26

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Re: Show shutdown messages

I tried adding it to /etc/rc.shutdown as below but for some reason it didn't switch to vty8...

#!/bin/bash
#
# /etc/rc.shutdown
#

. /etc/rc.conf
. /etc/rc.d/functions

run_hook shutdown_start

# avoid staircase effect
/bin/stty onlcr

chvt 8
echo " "
printhl "Initiating Shutdown..."
echo " "
...