ATD hangs on boot
 

Hi, can someone please tell me where the start up script is?

After doing a reinstall, and then upgrading, I have a problem: as the boot script comes to ATD, it hangs. Someone suggested doing an interactive start ---- and it worked! Just say no to ATD, and boot goes well. Of course, I don't really want to do that each time. How do I remove it? That is, get it out of the init.d or rc.d boot procedure.

After reading man chkconfig I did: chkconfig atd off Was that the right thing to do?

That will disable atd from starting at boot and should cure the problem. However, atd is the "at daemon" and you may want to use the "at" command which allows you to run commands at a time in the future specified by you. With atd disabled, you won't be able to use the at command.

Thanks. There must be a bug in atd. I wouldn't know how to use at, so for me it won't matter! As long as my computer boots! Maybe on an update, the bug will be gone! One lives in hope!

I'd like to switch off some other nonessentials: can you recommend anything?

Just a note on this: Problem half fixed!

I have two kernels to choose from: 2.6.32.16-150.fc12.i686 and 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686

If I boot with the newest kernel, I don't get to login. I disabled atd on boot, but then the boot process hangs at 'starting crond' Only switching off the power helps. BUT, if I boot with the slightly older kernel, and atd off, boot proceeds normally.

I don't know what crond does, or if switching it off will cause problems. Do I need it?

YES, YOU DO, for maintainable.

Then just stay with older kernel, set it to be default kernel and leave it for now, until new kernel comes out.