#1 LCDd hangs Fedora Core 2 during boot

[Matt Merkey]

The init script fails to return it's status while
booting in Fedora Core 2. Fedora just sits there
forever waiting for LCDd to say that it has started,
but it never does. It does start, it just doesn't tell
Fedora that it has. Thankfully, SSHd starts before LCDd
does, so I can login remotely and stop LCDd, which then
allows the boot up process to continue. I'm running the
stock RedHat init script, and everything looks good to
me. It just won't return it's status on the start-up
action. It will however return it's status when
stopping. I'm stumped.

[Matt Merkey]

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My LCDd init script, located in /etc/rc.d/init.d

------------------------------------------------------------------------

#!/bin/sh
# This is the LCDd init-script for RPM based (RedHat,
Mandrake) systems
#
# Copyright (C) 2001 Rene Wagner <reenoo@gmx.de>
# 2001 Guillaume Filion <gfk@logidac.com>
#
# This script is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
License, or
# any later version.
#
# This script is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
License
# along with this file; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307
#
#
# chkconfig: 345 70 21
# description: LCDd(8) is the LCDproc server used for
displaying text and other data to LCDs. \ # Apart from the main client lcdproc(1) there are various
clients. \ # See http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net for details.
# processname: LCDd
# pidfile: /var/run/LCDd.pid
# config: ${prefix}/etc/LCDd.conf

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Check that networking is up.
if [ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ]; then
exit 0
fi

RETVAL=0

prefix=/usr/local
exec_prefix=${prefix}
bindir=${exec_prefix}/bin
sbindir=${exec_prefix}/sbin
etc=/etc

LCDd=${sbindir}/LCDd
configfile=${etc}/LCDd.conf

[ -x ${LCDd} ] || exit 0

start() {
echo -n "Starting up LCDd: "
daemon ${LCDd} -c ${configfile}
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/LCDd
echo
}

stop() {
echo -n "Shutting down LCDd: "
killproc LCDd
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/LCDd
echo
}

dostatus() {
status LCDd
RETVAL=$?
}

restart() {
stop
start
RETVAL=$?
}

condrestart() {
[ -e /var/lock/subsys/LCDd ] && restart || :
}

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
dostatus
;;
restart)
restart
;;
condrestart)
condrestart
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart}"
exit 1
esac

exit $RETVAL

[Robert Verspuy / Exa-Omicron]

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Don't know if you still have the same issue, but if so,
maybe this helps.

I've got the currently latest CSV version working by
settings the following configuration options in the
LCDd.conf file:

[server]
ReportToSyslog=yes
ForeGround=no

[Markus Dolze]

Closing this bug -- it's very, very old, and is believed to
have been fixed in recent versions.

If this is NOT the case, please re-open the bug and
provide additional details.