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Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 15:50:15 +0100
From: Ignas Anikevicius <anikevicius@gmail.com>
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On 16/05/12 14:15, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 16 May 2012 09:40:26 +0100, Ignas Anikevicius wrote:
> 
>> I want to do this, so that I do not have to wait while non-crucial
>> services are being started (e.g. fcron, bitlbee, ntpd to name a few).
>> Maybe it is possible to somehow prioritize the initscripts?
> 
> Yes it is. The initscripts themselves have such a mechanism, using the
> before and after statements, for example making sure that network
> services are started after the network is brought up. You can add your
> own rules to the daemons' config files in /etc/conf.d or to /etc/rc.conf.
> 
> To have bitlbee start after xdm either add
> 
> rc_after="xdm" 
> 
> to /etc/conf.d/bitlbee or put
> 
> rc_bitlbee_after="xdm"
> 
> in /etc/rc.conf. Both have the same effect, it depends on whether you
> want to put all these settings together or in the individual services'
> config files.
> 

Thanks for the tip!, I will use this to see how much difference do I
get. :)

Cheers,
Ignas