[SOLVED] Using OpenRC on Slackware

zanculmarktum · 01-28-2017, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

Welcome to this forum.

Certainly not. I didn't check, but most probably many services differ or are not shipped in both distributions.

I think that you should check each and every service.

That seems wrong. Have a look in /run and /var/run in Slackware.

Long story short, you need to thoroughly study Slackware's init system if you want to modify it, I think.

Thanks for the answer.
The "pidfile" I mentioned before was taken from aaditya's init scripts and Gentoo's, and that is the only difference.

Another comparison:

Code:

$ md5sum /etc/init.d/nginx
6675a388b5efe3ce6ca1c02295ce61cd  /etc/init.d/nginx

Code:

$ md5sum /usr/portage/www-servers/nginx/files/nginx.initd-r3
6675a388b5efe3ce6ca1c02295ce61cd  /usr/portage/www-servers/nginx/files/nginx.initd-r3

Again:

Code:

diff --git a/etc/init.d/consolekit b/usr/portage/sys-auth/consolekit/files/consolekit-1.0.0.initd
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index f68517f..57ebfbe
--- a/etc/init.d/consolekit
+++ b/usr/portage/sys-auth/consolekit/files/consolekit-1.0.0.initd
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # $Id$
 
 description="consolekit - tracks login sessions and seats"
-pidfile="/run/ConsoleKit/pid"
+pidfile="/var/run/ConsoleKit/pid"
 command="/usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon"
 
 depend() {
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ depend() {
 }
 
 start_pre() {
-	checkpath -q -d -m 0755 /run/ConsoleKit
+	checkpath -q -d -m 0755 /var/run/ConsoleKit
 }

Didier Spaier · 01-28-2017, 07:18 AM

I didn't look into aaditya's init scripts but this repository has been last updated on 2016-04-16, thus before the release of Slackware 14.2. My advice in previous post remains. But of course you remain free to experiment

aaditya · 01-28-2017, 11:38 AM

Yes, they can be reused after checking if the same conditions (pidfiles, paths, etc) present on Gentoo are there in Slackware as well.

I dunno what the state was when I started the project, but on my Slackware-14.2 install I have:

Code:

$ ls -la /var/run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 May 12  2015 /var/run -> /run/

Also, newer repository is available here.

aaditya · 10-02-2018, 08:53 AM

Hi,

Since version 0.25, OpenRC provides openrc-init, which can be used to boot the system instead of /sbin/init (which is sysvinit in Slackware). Advantages include not modifying system provided inittab, and allowing co-existence and easy switch between Slackware init and OpenRC.

Have been using it for a couple of weeks now, works as expected. To use it, follow the instructions in the wiki. Please let me know if there are any issues.

Thanks!

aliasless · 11-06-2018, 10:07 AM

Hi, I'm using openrc-init, and everything generally works. There are a few quirks though, they seem harmless so far, but I'd like to fix them.

At the end of the init process, I get this error. Searching for solutions, I could only find dead ends in Artix forums.

Code:

Error: fopen(/run/openrc/rc.log) failed: No such file or directory

I also get this, and don't know what service is causing it.

Code:

* Call to flock failed: Resource temporarily unavailable

.

Finally, I am getting this, even after updating the cache as mentioned on the wiki page.

Code:

checkpath: owner `netdata:netdata' not found

Here is the output of `rc-update`:
https://pastebin.com/raw/N5n3Srh6

And rc.log for my most recent boot:
https://pastebin.com/raw/4rK6sULe

Thanks.

aaditya · 11-06-2018, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aliasless

Hi, I'm using openrc-init, and everything generally works. There are a few quirks though, they seem harmless so far, but I'd like to fix them.

At the end of the init process, I get this error. Searching for solutions, I could only find dead ends in Artix forums.

Code:

Error: fopen(/run/openrc/rc.log) failed: No such file or directory

I also get this, and don't know what service is causing it.

Code:

* Call to flock failed: Resource temporarily unavailable

.

Finally, I am getting this, even after updating the cache as mentioned on the wiki page.

Code:

checkpath: owner `netdata:netdata' not found

Here is the output of `rc-update`:
https://pastebin.com/raw/N5n3Srh6

And rc.log for my most recent boot:
https://pastebin.com/raw/4rK6sULe

Thanks.

Hi aliasless,

Code:

Error: fopen(/run/openrc/rc.log) failed: No such file or directory

I found similar posts and an upstream bug report, which suggest that it is related to /run not being available.

* https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,56.0.html
* https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/issues/216

There is one suggestion in the bugreport (near the end) that you can try.

For

Code:

* Call to flock failed: Resource temporarily unavailable

Looking at your logs, it could be related to your first issue of /run not being available.

Code:

checkpath: owner `netdata:netdata' not found

I think I found the issue, could you please change /etc/init.d/netdata like here:
https://gitlab.com/aadityabagga/open...f16beea8829c25

Thanks for your help!

aliasless · 11-06-2018, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aaditya

Hi aliasless,

Code:

Error: fopen(/run/openrc/rc.log) failed: No such file or directory

I found similar posts and an upstream bug report, which suggest that it is related to /run not being available.

* https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,56.0.html
* https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/issues/216

There is one suggestion in the bugreport (near the end) that you can try.

For

Code:

* Call to flock failed: Resource temporarily unavailable

Looking at your logs, it could be related to your first issue of /run not being available.

Code:

checkpath: owner `netdata:netdata' not found

I think I found the issue, could you please change /etc/init.d/netdata like here:
https://gitlab.com/aadityabagga/open...f16beea8829c25

Thanks for your help!

Thanks, that change to netdata worked. I've been unable to get anywhere from that thread or bug report though.

aliasless · 11-07-2018, 10:14 PM

-snip-

aaditya · 11-18-2018, 09:05 AM

Hi,

With the next version update, the service and configuration directory changes from /etc to /etc/openrc.

This is being done to maintain greater compatibility with the base Slackware install, and to allow switching between sysvinit, openrc-init, runit, etc.

Existing services will need to be migrated. Documentation is available here: migrating_from_etc_initd_to_etc_openrc_initd.

Updated Slackbuilds are available here.

Feedback welcome. Please let me know if you find any issues.

Nekit_Manzin · 11-05-2019, 11:12 AM

Code:

bash-5.0# lilo -v
LILO version 24.2 (released 22-November-2015)
  * Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger  (until v20)
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2007 John Coffman  (until v22)
  * Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Joachim Wiedorn  (since v23)
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software 
distributed under the BSD License (3-clause). Details can be found in 
the file COPYING, which is distributed with this software.

Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
Reading boot sector from /dev/sda
Using BITMAP secondary loader
Calling map_insert_data
Mapping bitmap file /boot/slack.bmp
Calling map_insert_file

Unrecognized token "init" at or above line 65 in file '/etc/lilo.conf'

I dunno how to change init on LILO, where i need add init=?

aaditya · 11-05-2019, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nekit_Manzin

I dunno how to change init on LILO, where i need add init=?

To add a parameter, one can simply write it on a new line under image, ie:

Code:

image = /boot/vmlinuz-3.12-1-generic
	...
	init=/sbin/openrc-init

More info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...arameters#LILO

If it does not work post your full /etc/lilo.conf please.

Nekit_Manzin · 11-06-2019, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aaditya

To add a parameter, one can simply write it on a new line under image, ie:

Code:

image = /boot/vmlinuz-3.12-1-generic
	...
	init=/sbin/openrc-init

More info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...arameters#LILO

If it does not work post your full /etc/lilo.conf please.

First it not work but after i found solution:

Code:

image = /boot/vmlinuz
  append = "init=/sbin/openrc-init"
  root = /dev/sda3
  label = Linux
  read-only
 # Linux bootable partition config ends

gbschenkel · 07-06-2021, 03:48 PM

@aaditya could you submit the openrc and openrc-services packages to the master branch of SlackBuilds.org, the OpenRC on SBO are not building with the -current.

I have upgraded the script on my personal repo to 0.43.3. Also I have updated openrc-services to 20210102 and changed the link on .info since you have changed your username on gitlab.com. If you like my changes are linked below.

Commit: OpenRC || OpenRC-Services

aaditya · 07-08-2021, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbschenkel

@aaditya could you submit the openrc and openrc-services packages to the master branch of SlackBuilds.org, the OpenRC on SBO are not building with the -current.

I have upgraded the script on my personal repo to 0.43.3. Also I have updated openrc-services to 20210102 and changed the link on .info since you have changed your username on gitlab.com. If you like my changes are linked below.

Commit: OpenRC || OpenRC-Services

Thanks for the report and changes gbschenkel! There have been some changes to the SBo templates in preparation for Slackware 15; need to check them and integrate the changes you posted. Will try to submit an update soon.

aaditya · 09-12-2021, 05:41 PM

Updated openrc and openrc-services in my personal slackbuilds repo, available here: https://gitlab.com/abchk1234/slackbuilds/-/tree/15-rc1

I am not using OpenRC actively these days, so it would be great to get some testing of the above packages. Thanks!