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Hy Ginsberg

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[Solved] How do I stop bootlogd?

Hi All,

I am trying to remount my root file system read only (so that I can convert it to ext4), but mount is complaining that "/ is busy."  Running fuser shows that bootlogd has a file open for writing, which makes sense (I suppose, although the system finished booting a while ago).  I searched for a way to stop bootlogd cleanly, and finidng none I tried killing it with "kill -19" (SIGSTOP).  It seems that was a bad plan -- my system immediately froze, and I had to hold down the power button to reboot.  So, I am ready to give it another whirl, anybody know a safe way to stop bootlogd (or not start it in the first place)?

Many thanks.

- Hy

Last edited by Hy Ginsberg (2011-06-15 13:18:47)

karol

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Re: [Solved] How do I stop bootlogd?

The only thing I can think of atm is editing the initscripts and disabling it altogether.

Hy Ginsberg

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Re: [Solved] How do I stop bootlogd?

Sounds good to me, any idea where I can find it in an init script?

karol

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Re: [Solved] How do I stop bootlogd?

[karol@black ~]$ sudo grep bootlogd /etc/*
/etc/rc.multi:kill `/bin/cat /run/bootlogd.pid`
/etc/rc.multi:/bin/rm /run/bootlogd.pid
/etc/rc.single:kill `/bin/cat /run/bootlogd.pid`
/etc/rc.single:/bin/rm /run/bootlogd.pid
/etc/rc.sysinit:/sbin/bootlogd -p /run/bootlogd.pid

/etc/rc.sysinit:

# start up our mini logger until syslog takes over
/sbin/minilogd
/sbin/bootlogd -p /run/bootlogd.pid

Last edited by karol (2011-06-15 13:12:00)

Hy Ginsberg

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Re: [Solved] How do I stop bootlogd?

Ahhh, got it.  Thanks a lot.