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howtos:general_admin:openrc [2018/09/13 18:16 (UTC)] – add info to deal with crashed services aadityahowtos:general_admin:openrc [2018/09/23 14:27 (UTC)] – [Pre installation] changed renamed dir name aaditya
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 The /etc/init.d directory (a symlink to ///etc/rc.d/init.d//) will need to be moved: The /etc/init.d directory (a symlink to ///etc/rc.d/init.d//) will need to be moved:
-  # mv /etc/init.d /etc/init.d.bak+  # mv /etc/init.d /etc/init.d-bkp
  
 ===== Installing ===== ===== Installing =====
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   socket = /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock   socket = /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock
  
-==== Dealing with crashed service ====+==== Dealing with crashed services ====
  
 Sometimes openrc reports a service's status as "crashed". The process may have died or its pid file disappeared/changed. Sometimes openrc reports a service's status as "crashed". The process may have died or its pid file disappeared/changed.
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 **zap** resets the service state, allowing us to start it again. **zap** resets the service state, allowing us to start it again.
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 +==== Errors while booting ====
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 +After installing or updating the **openrc-services** packages, you may get errors like:
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 +   * checkpath: owner `netdata:netdata' not found
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 +This is because **openrc-services** contains services for some packages not found in the base Slackware install, but present on SBo.
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 +These usually go away on their own after the openrc cache is updated.
  
 ====== See Also ====== ====== See Also ======
 howtos:general_admin:openrc ()