Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4208 mails)

[Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 18:15 -0700, Larry Johnson KISE wrote:
> So I tried NOHOTPLUG=YES as a boot parameter, and then NOHOTPLUG=YES and
> NOCOLDPLUG=YES, but boot is still hanging in the same places - it seems that
> these boot parameters don't work in 9.0.

Look at the scripts /etc/init.d/hotplug and /etc/init.d/coldplug, those
are the ones interpreting those parameters. In 9.1 they are there and
caught, I don't have 9.0 here at the moment to check, but in 9.1 it
looks like

hotplug:                if [ -n "$NOHOTPLUG" ] ; then
hotplug:                        echo -n "Hotplug will be disabled due to
NOHOTPLUG=$NOHOTPLUG"

and

coldplug:               if [ -n "$NOCOLDPLUG" ] ; then
coldplug:                       echo -n "Coldplug will not be executed
due to NOCOLDPLUG=$NOCOLDPLUG"

Note that the parameters are case sensitive

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> I'm about ready to conclude that the SuSE desktop is not ready for prime
> time, and that SuSE doesn't care.  I know that's harsh - but skimpy and
> apparently inaccurate documentation along with too much stuff that does not
> work like HP printers/Scanners (only works under root)/PC Webcams and
> meaningless error messages/unstable applications/too much system maintenance
> have tolerance limits in users, especially me.  Too much time, not enough
> results.

Sorry to hear that, I've had excellent results with it