Hi... do u know any guide for introducing me in the runlevels.....?

Some distros are different .

You should look into the one your using. Maybe look in the ../rc?.d folders

Most distros only use six runlevels.

david@zeus:~> ls /etc/rc.d/rc*.d
/etc/rc.d/rc0.d:
S20halt

/etc/rc.d/rc1.d:
K02single K07splash K15hotplug S07hotplug S15kbd S15splash S20single

/etc/rc.d/rc2.d:
K01splash_late K14pcmcia S01SuSEfirewall2_init S14alsasound
K02cron K14resmgr S05network S15kbd
K06hwscan K15hotplug S06syslog S15splash
K06smpppd K16syslog S07hotplug S16hwscan
K07splash K17network S08pcmcia S16smpppd
K08acpid K21random S08resmgr S20cron
K08alsasound K21SuSEfirewall2_init S10splash_early S21splash_late
K12splash_early S01random S14acpid

/etc/rc.d/rc3.d:
K01splash_late K12vmware S14acpid
K01SuSEfirewall2_final K14pcmcia S14alsasound
K02cron K14resmgr S14sshd
K02lisa K15hotplug S15autofs
K02nscd K16syslog S15kbd
K02stunnel K17network S15splash
K06hwscan K21random S15SuSEfirewall2_setup
K06postfix K21SuSEfirewall2_init S16hwscan
K06smb S01random S16postfix
K06smpppd S01SuSEfirewall2_init S16smb
K07autofs S05network S16smpppd
K07splash S06syslog S20cron
K07SuSEfirewall2_setup S07hotplug S20lisa
K08acpid S08pcmcia S20nscd
K08alsasound S08resmgr S20stunnel
K08sshd S10nmb S21splash_late
K12nmb S10portmap S21SuSEfirewall2_final
K12portmap S10splash_early
K12splash_early S10vmware

/etc/rc.d/rc4.d:
K01SuSEfirewall2_final K21SuSEfirewall2_init S15SuSEfirewall2_setup
K07SuSEfirewall2_setup S01SuSEfirewall2_init S21SuSEfirewall2_final

/etc/rc.d/rc5.d:
K01splash_late K12splash_early S10vmware
K01SuSEfirewall2_final K12vmware S14acpid
K02cron K14pcmcia S14alsasound
K02lisa K14resmgr S14sshd
K02nscd K15hotplug S15autofs
K02stunnel K16syslog S15kbd
K05xdm K17network S15splash
K06hwscan K21random S15SuSEfirewall2_setup
K06postfix K21SuSEfirewall2_init S16hwscan
K06smb S01random S16postfix
K06smpppd S01SuSEfirewall2_init S16smb
K07autofs S05network S16smpppd
K07splash S06syslog S17xdm
K07SuSEfirewall2_setup S07hotplug S20cron
K08acpid S08pcmcia S20lisa
K08alsasound S08resmgr S20nscd
K08sshd S10nmb S20stunnel
K12nmb S10portmap S21splash_late
K12portmap S10splash_early S21SuSEfirewall2_final

/etc/rc.d/rc6.d:
S20reboot

/etc/rc.d/rcS.d:
K02single K07splash S15kbd S15splash S20single



The links there are pointing to ../init.d/?

The S or K mean start or kill and the number following them are the order that they will run when switching runlevels.

also see this..

man init

Thx...for your answer... I know these things but it wil be really nice if it was possible to find all the above with more info written in a site... Do not u agree?

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/...ect_04_02.html

It's not much, but you could try googling more enthusiastically than I did.

I shudder to contemplate SysV so probably wouldn't be much help, but you could also say what you wanted to know or what was confusing you and get specific help on it.

I'm looking for my init directory (rc.d I assume) but I can't find it! There is no rc.d directory in my /etc directory. How can I find where it is (running Gentoo)?

I kinda fell off the face of the net for awhile. I assume you tracked things down by now, but just in case.

Gentoo docs

Thanks. I found out Gentoo doesn't use the normal runlevels, and it looks like the program I was trying to install couldn't understand that! However, I finally did an emerge search and was able to install what I wanted to that way (That's always the last thing I try, and always the best method!)