openSUSE 13.2 64bit KDE 4.14.6
In previous versions to 13.2 I could see the services starting at boot time by pressing the <ESC> key while booting. I don’t any more. What did I do wrong, and how do I correct it?
Thanks in advance.
In my 13.2 openSUSE, hitting the Esc key when the boot splash is shown, works as intended.
Thanks for the speedy response.
First a correction to my post. If I press the <ESC> key at the start of the boot which presents a black screen nothing happens. But if I keep on pressing it over and over three small green fluctuating squares with question marks in them appear for about three seconds and the last 10 or so lines of services started show up. Then the login screen appears and after that everything runs normally.
I thought it might be related to my KVM switch which uses the PS2 input connectors so I removed the plugs and used a USB keyboard. Nothing changed. I then replaced the KVM switch PS2 connectors, booted from a 13.2 live USB stick, and everything returned to normal. So my assumption is that it is not a hardware problem. Since there are no other problem indications I can live with it, except that services that fail to start are a good diagnostic indicator. Of course I can read /var/log/boot.log but it’s simpler to see problems on the screen.
Should I worry?
On 2015-05-09 19:36, ionmich wrote:
> I thought it might be related to my KVM switch which uses the PS2 input
> connectors so I removed the plugs and used a USB keyboard. Nothing
> changed. I then replaced the KVM switch PS2 connectors, booted from a
> 13.2 live USB stick, and everything returned to normal. So my assumption
> is that it is not a hardware problem. Since there are no other problem
> indications I can live with it, except that services that fail to start
> are a good diagnostic indicator. Of course I can read /var/log/boot.log
> but it’s simpler to see problems on the screen.
I remove the plymouth package, and modify the kernel boot line:
.... splash=verbose console=tty1 loglevel=3 vga=0x317
Also I have this service: /etc/systemd/system/helloworld.service
[Unit]
Name=Plays a welcome sound when target multi-user is reached
After=multi-user.target
# graphical.target - multi-user.target
[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=true
StandardOutput=tty
ExecStart=-/root/ThingsNeededForBoot/helloworld
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
WantedBy=graphical.target
The script runs “systemctl --failed --no-pager” which lists what
services failed to start in the active tty.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))
Excellent advice. Solved my problem. Many thanks.