Re: [gentoo-user] Init scripts waiting for deps in progress

[Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na>]

On 07 January 2007 19:10, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> I have the following set of init stuff:
>
>  net.wireless depends on ipw3945d
>  ntp-client depends on net
>  net.wireless automagically starts when the interface "wireless" appears
>  net.wireless is in the boot runlevel
>
> When I boot the computer, it starts ipw3945d before net.wireless, but not
> in time for the "wireless" interface to appear before it tries to start
> net.wireless. Moments later, the interface appears, and it runs
> net.wireless again, asynchronously, and it spends a while starting up (it
> has to find the correct network, and dhcp, etc).
>
> While net.wireless is starting up, the system synchronously starts
> ntp-client, which attempts to start net.wireless; this fails (it's already
> starting), and so ntp-client fails. Then the asynchronous net.wireless
> finishes starting, and I have network, but no ntp-client.

You didn't say which runlevel started ntp-client. Assuming it is also in your 
boot runlevel, you can try to move it to your default runlevel. That way, it 
will start a bit later.

Uwe

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