Showing posts with label ubuntu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ubuntu. Show all posts

Wednesday 13 September 2017

rc.local issue and init.d scripts


Well, the only issue with rc.local file is that this file does not exist in modern Debian flavors.
For the old fashion guys like me that is an issue, at least for ten minutes. :)

So, what can we do about? We have at least two options:
To forgot about rc.local and start your task using init.d scripts, or
To enable the rc.local script.

Both ways have pluses and minuses and is up to you what way you will choose. For myself, I prefer the first way. Yes, it's a little bit strange to make a script for each task you will run at boot but you have a better granularity and control over the process.

Nevertheless, one way or another, following the next steps you will have a script that run on boot (or in rcS.d, or in rcX.d) :)

The first option:


Making init.d scripts, copy and paste this code and do the modifications in the start, stop sections. Save it to /etc/init.d/ folder and set the executions rights (chmod +x /etc/init.d/your-script-name).

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          your-script-name
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time
# Description:       Enable service provided by daemon.
### END INIT INFO

# Some scripts that run always (it is not mandatory...)
touch /var/lock/your_script

# Carry out specific functions when asked to by the system
case "$1" in
 start)
    echo "Starting script your-script-name"
    echo "Some info about..."
    /usr/local/bin/your-script #of course, this is an example
    ;;
 stop)
    echo "Stopping script your-script-name"
    echo "Some info about..."
    killall -9 your-script #of course, this is an example
    ;;
 restart)
    $0 stop
    $0 start
    ;;
 *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/your-script-name {start|stop|restart}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0

##################### End script

# Adding the init.d script to default targets (in this case to level 2,3,4, and 5, see the script headers)
root@linuxhorizon:~# update-rc.d your-script-name defaults

# Removing
root@linuxhoriozn:/etc/rc2.d# update-rc.d -f your-script-name remove



The second option:


Making the rc.local script

root@linuxhorizon:~# cat > /etc/rc.local
#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

/put/your/script/here

exit 0
############### End rc.local

root@linuxhorizon:~# chmod +x /etc/rc.local
root@linuxhorizon:~# systemctl start rc-local
root@linuxhorizon:~# systemctl status rc-local



Now it's a good time for a coffee! :) By the way, do you know how it look the caffeine molecule? Probably you don't, so here it is, click to enlarge!

Tuesday 12 September 2017

The magic of REISUB

When everything goes wrong and you graphic interface (X) will stop responding (dead, hung, freeze etc.) there is a magic word who can save you from a disastrous reboot by powering down your computer

First, type "R" (the letter) while holding down Alt and SysRq (PrintScrn). This shortcut can give you the contorl over the keyboard letting you to switch to console mode (Ctrl-Alt-Fx, while x is is your terminal as F1, F2 etc.). If this is not working you can try the next step:

Type the phrase “REISUB” while holding down Alt and SysRq (PrintScrn) with about 1 second between each letter. Your system will reboot. 

For a shutdown, REISUO will do the trick. :)

But what are those letters do?

r – Puts the keyboard into raw mode, taking control of it away from the X server.
e – Sends the terminate signal to all processes, asking them to end gracefully.
i – Sends the kill signal to all processes, forcing them to end immediately.
s – Flushes data from your cache to disk.
u – Remounts all file systems read-only.
b – Reboots your computer.
o - Shutdown your computer.

You can try step by step one the letters, maybe you are lucky enough to gain control over your computer without rebooting (the letter B).

An Ubuntu cheat sheet could be found here: https://files.fosswire.com/2008/04/ubunturef.pdf

Wednesday 25 November 2015

Seahorse "Gnome2 key storage" unlock issue

The issue: 
Seahorse -> Certificates -> "Gnome2 Key Storage" folder unable to unlock

The fix:
  1. Close seahorse
  2. Make a backup of the ~/.local/share/keyrings/user.keystore file and remove it.
  3. Start seahorse again