[sclug] Local rc file on Debian

[Roland Turner SCLUG]

David Given wrote:


> Unfortunately this is not a keyboard map issue. This is the level below
> that,
> where the kernel reads AT keyboard codes and maps them into standard
> keycodes; the keyboard map then maps the keycodes into keysyms. Changing
> the
> keymap file doesn't help me.


Ah; I had not realised that this additional layer of abstraction even
existed. Yuck.


>> As above, don't modify an existing script, add a new one.
>
> That does seem to be my least-bad option, but it's still not very
> pleasant...
> I'm suprised to discover that Debian doesn't have a rc.local equivalent.



The process that I've described _is_ Debian's rc.local equivalent. The
extra step (update-rc.d) allows you to control sequence of operations, not
only with respect to other local scripts, but with respect to all other RC
scripts. Want to tweak something before syslog starts? "update-rc.d
local-syslog-shim defaults 5 95". My recollection is that you can't do
that with rc.local.


- Raz