[Gllug] Delaying X startup at boot

[Dylan]

On Thursday 07 May 2009, lesleyb at herlug.org.uk wrote:
> Each file starts Snn<filename> where nn is [00,99] and that number
> determines the start order. Play with one runlevel first and alter that
> number, taking care to increase any dependent scripts in the move up the
> boot order. If you want to stiop a process starting simply change the
> filename to K(100-nn)<filename> which prevents it being started but will
> kill it on shutdown/reboot if it is running.

Thanks, I'll play around with this on a test box I think - I've put a sleep 10 
in the "earlyxdm" script as per Mr Kolb's suggestion which has given me an 
automatic workaround without futsing things up. I'd be concerned that updates 
would undo single init script name-changes and lead to problems.

>
> Also check your X log and syslog for errors?  It might be nice to try and
> track down the fault rather than hack around it?

I've looked, but can find nothing yet - it's not clear to me if anything is 
logged at the point the machine locks. I'm starting to think that the problem 
is actually that the graphics card hasn't completed it's internal 
initialisation before something in earlyxdm wants it to do something - 
whether that's true or not probably wouldn't become clear unless I was 
running a debug kernel, and I'm not confident I'd understand the output from 
that.

Dx

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