Re: [MiNT] EasyMiNT startup

[Jean-Luc CECCOLI <Jean-Luc.Ceccoli@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:32:05 , Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:22:13 , Vincent Rivière <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr> wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > While trying to ugrade my EasyMiNT setup to the latest FreeMiNT trunk, I
> > have broken something, and I can't make it work again.
> >
> > I would like to understand the EasyMiNT startup process.
> >
> > I have seen that C:\MINT\1-17-0\MINT.CNF contains the line:
> > INIT=u:\sbin\init
> > In order to debug, I have replaced it with u:\bin\bash, so I can at
> > least boot into the shell.
> > Then I can type /sbin/init manually to continue.
> >
> > init runs successfully /etc/rc.d/rc until the end (I have put a trace at
> > the end).
> >
> > Then the problem appears:
> > init: file not found
> > is displayed in a loop, even ^C does not do anything.
> >
> > I would like to understand:
> > - What is run after /etc/rc.d/rc ?
> > - How XALOADER is supposed to be run ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
>
> Have a look in /etc/ttytab to see what is being called by init
> In mine I have console "/usr/bin/aes"  tw52    on secure
> where aes is a link to xaloader.prg
>
> I don't think this is pure Easymint but might help.
>
Hehehe... just like the problem I got when upgrading from -cur
to -0, and which caused many time spent on trying to find out
what had ahppened... :-/
Solved by created a symlink from xaloader.prg to /usr/bin/xaaes.
I think this could be much easier if the xaaes folder could be
placed elsewhere than c:/mint/1-xx-yyy/ ; moving it one level
up, for instance, would help much.
Of course, it my be done by hand, but it would be nicer if it
could be integrated into EasyMiNT install process.

Regards,

J.-Luc