Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linuxrc runs with PID 7 | Date | Thu, 1 Feb 2001 10:01:03 +0100 (MET) | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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Paul Powell wrote: > This is a followup question to my previous question > "Why isn't init at PID 1." > > Previoulsy I was calling init from within linuxrc. > Linuxrc was a sash script, so the sash script > supposedly had PID 1. Now I've removed the script and > have a C program for linuxrc. > > I'm still not running at PID 1 but at 7. The linuxrc > program looks like: > > int main(int argc, char* argv[]) > { > printf("PID = %i\n", getpid()); > } > > When I boot and linuxrc is executed, PID equals 7. > > Any ideas as to why this is and how I can run at PID > 1?
Yes, I've noticed this too.
I concluded that to the kernel there is something magic about "init=/bin/someprogram": The program doesn't get PID 1 anymore.
I used to have a script there fire up X and then exec init inside an Xterm. I gave up on this after that junk started happening.
Oh, and Init refuses to be useful if it doesn't end up with PID 1.
Roger.
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