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On 2014-04-23 13:18, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:02:49 +0200
Here I am attempting to restate the problem by rearranging your words:
Thanks.
- You were "trying to get a small script working which should sync some folders" ... "The Desktop folder with a dropbox folder."
- The script is/was called "Sync". You "placed this in /etc/init.d and made it executable".
- You created "symbolic links ... in rc0.d and rc6.d":
"ln -s /etc/init.d/Sync /etc/init.d/rc0.d/K10Sync ln -s /etc/init.d/Sync /etc/init.d/rc6.d/K10Sync"
- Now the "system hangs up at the point directly after the server directory 389 is reached and is marked with the green OK in the startup screen".
Now, this thing about "directory 389" I don't understand at all what it is. We need precise clarification of this part in order to make an accurate recommendation.
You also wrote "i might have changed some stuff in /etc/sysctl editor in yast or with regard to the runlevels init.d , but not being aware of it."
These values are easily checked. If you go here <http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse91/suselinux-adminguide/html/ch13s07.html> you'll see it says "The files where the most important SUSE LINUX settings are stored are located in the /etc/sysconfig directory." and "Do not modify the /etc/sysconfig files if you lack previous experience and knowledge. It could do considerable damage to your system. The files in /etc/sysconfig include a short comment for each variable to explain what effect they actually have."
So, if you need to, you can boot into a 'live dvd' or the rescue system and sanity check the settings.
There is a brute force procedure which _sometimes_ succeeds to restore some big problems. It is booting from the FULL install DVD (not the KDE/Gnome lives), and when asked, choose "upgrade installed system", and follow your nose... It basically destroys updates and replaces many configuration files with defaults - but not all. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)