Strange problem during reboot/shutdown

[Ray Brewer]

We have a problem on a few of our N and L class servers when the RC sequencer is running during a reboot or shutdown. For each script that is executed a bunch of dots(.........) are scrolled accross the screen until the "OK" or "N/A" message appears. I see this when logged into the GSP via telnet. I thought it might be a terminal emulation problem so I tried changing console settings in the GSP (using the CA command) but that did not work. Has anyone seen this before? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Ray

[Rick Garland]

The dots are a way of telling you that something is working instead of being impatient and killing something that is still in progress.

[Ray Brewer]

So this is a new "feature"? It seems to make the boot process take a lot more time. About 3 to 4 times longer.

Ray

[Rick Garland]

Not a new feature - this can be included in the start/stop scripts. I don't believe it takes longer but I have not timed it.

[Tom Danzig · Accepted solution]

You might want to try adjusting some of the parameters in /etc/rc.config.d/list_mode; specifically LIST_MODE=0 to LIST_MODE=1

[Ray Brewer]

That's strange. We have not specifically included this in any scripts. I would like to get rid of this behavior but I'm not sure where to look.

Ray

[Rick Garland]

Here is an example from another script.

echo "\nCollecting: " $1 " .\c

This will produce the multiple dots (.) until the task is completed, failed or successful.

[Ray Brewer]

OK, Thanks I'll check both suggestions.

Ray

[Ray Brewer]

Changing LIST_MODE variable to "1" did the trick. Now I just have to figure out what caused this behavior to change in the first place. My guess is it will have something to do with a patch or application update. Thanks for everyone's help!!

Ray