Need sshd & lircd to start faster in boot sequence [SOLVED]

gcasillo · Last edited by gcasillo on Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:31 pm; edited 1 time in total

I have a server that also handles MythTV front & backend duties. Unfortunately, KDE and the MythTV frontend start before lircd (required for my USB remote) has a chance to get started. This wasn't always the case. Furthermore, the sshd daemon doesn't start very quickly either. This isn't as big a deal to me, but the delay is rather long in my opinion before I can open a SSH connection to this server.

Is there a way I can tweak my boot sequence in order to get lircd and sshd started after the network comes up, and if so, how?

Thanks!

krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

answered here : http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=4

pigeon768 · l33t Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 683

A better solution than editing the /etc/init.d/ script would be adding rc_before= lines to /etc/conf.d/ files.

For instance, to get sshd loaded before xdm, (xdm is what starts kdm) add the following to /etc/conf.d/sshd:

gcasillo · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:31 pm Post subject:

Thank you both for your replies. I'm usually reluctant to tinker with init scripts, but it's nice to have that primer that krinn linked to. Using pigeon768's recommendation for rc_before="xdm" I set lircd, sshd, and mythbackend to start before xdm/kdm kicks off KDE. All is well now! Many thanks!