32 bit Verne doesn't grok rc.local

Sandro "red" Mathys red at fedoraproject.org
Thu Nov 10 08:00:01 UTC 2011


On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 05:02, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
<caf at omen.com> wrote:
> For years I have used /etc/rc.d/rc.local for this and that
> including launching VNC screens.
>
> [root at gpib rc.d]# cat rc.local
>     su -l caf -c  "vncserver "
>     su -l root -c  "vncserver "
>     date | mail -s boot caf at omen.com

Try adding "exit 0" (without the quotes) to the end of your rc.local,
that seems to be necessary now. Usually, rc.local also has a shebang
("#!/bin/sh") at the top, but I'm not sure whether that's necessary or
not.

-- red


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