I like my rc.d boot messages :(

John Baldwin jhb at freebsd.org
Fri Jul 25 16:27:21 UTC 2008


On Thursday 24 July 2008 03:26:27 am Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote:
> John Baldwin wrote:
> > So I upgraded a test box today to HEAD and got my first taste of the 
trimmed 
> > down boot messages.  I can appreciate the slimness of them.  However, 
> > personally I actually find the detail useful (at least sometimes).  
> > Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a knob I can flip to actually 
get 
> > all the messages back as /etc/rc unconditionally uses 'quietstart' rather 
> > than 'start'.  Am I the only one who finds it useful to know which daemon 
is 
> > making my startup hang for an extra second?
> 
> Tap ^T.

Knowing that 'sleep' is running isn't always helpful. :)

-- 
John Baldwin


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