Fedora shutdown not exec init.d script

[genar]

Hello,

I am using Fedora Core 8 (updated to kernel 2.6.26.8-57-fc. The main aim is to execute some commands which stop and unload a Wi-Fi module, before the systems halts or reboots ("init 0" or "init 6"). The problem is that the desired commands ("ifconfig rausb down" and "rmmod rt73") are not executed when the system halts or reboots, and if these commands are not executed then the systems hangs in the execution of "init 0" or "init 6".

The name of script is: freerausb (which is placed in the directory: /etc/init.d)

A simplified version of the "freerausb" script is:

#! /bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 2345 99 99
# description: unload RT73
# sets down the rausb interface and unloads the rt73 module
# processname: freerausb

case "$1" in
start)
/bin/echo "Start" >> /root/rausbUmount.log #Only for debug purposes
/bin/touch /var/lock/subsys/freerausb #I have read that this is necessary
;;
stop)
/bin/echo "Stop" >> /root/rausbUmount.log #Only for debug purposes
/sbin/ifconfig rausb0 down
/bin/sleep 2
/sbin/rmmod rt73
/bin/rm -f /var/lock/subsys/freerausb
;;
*)
exit 1
esac
exit 0

Then I execute, in the "/etc/init.d" directory, the following command in order to register the aforementioned script:

chkconfig --add freerausb

And in order to see if it has been registered successfully:
chkconfig --list | grep freerausb
whose result is:
freerausb 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

I have also checked the links created in the rc0.d, rc6.d directories (and also rc1.d, rc2.d and so on) and they are OK (according to the settings:
# chkconfig: 2345 99 99
of the freerausb script). In addition I have executed manually both:
"/etc/init.d/freerausb start" and "/etc/init.d/freerausb stop" and the execution has been successfully.

After doing the previous steps, when the system starts then the "start)" section is executed, but when the systems stops or reboots it is not executed the "stop)" section (I have noticed that because the command:
/bin/echo "Stop" >> /root/rausbUmount.log
is never executed).


I have tried other options like changing:

# chkconfig: 2345 99 99

for:

# chkconfig: 06 00 00

This is supposed to execute the "start)" section of the script when the "init 0" or "init 6" are called (so the ifconfig and rmmod commands are moved to this section). However I have realized that is not executed because no entry is created in the log file "/root/rausbUmount.log":
/bin/echo "Start" >> /root/rausbUmount.log

I have also checked the configurations:

# chkconfig: 06 99 99
# chkconfig: 2345 00 00

I do not know what I have to do in order to instruct my script "freerausb" to execute "ifconfig" and "rmmod" when the commands "init 0" or "init 6" are called.

Any comments will be welcomed.

[genar]

Hello,

The problem is that the system hangs when it is rebooted or halted; specifically when the network script tries do shutdown the network connections (Ethernet, Wi-Fi, ...), so if the script "freerausb", which tries to stop in a proper way the USB Wi-Fi, is not executed before the script which tries to stop the network services, then the problem appears.

In order to solve the problem, the "freerausb" script has to be similar to:

#! /bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 2345 99 00
# description: unload RT73
# sets down the rausb interface and unloads the rt73 module
# processname: freerausb

case "$1" in
start)
/bin/touch /var/lock/subsys/freerausb
;;
stop)
/sbin/ifconfig rausb0 down
/bin/sleep 2
/sbin/rmmod rt73
/bin/rm -f /var/lock/subsys/freerausb
/bin/sleep 5
;;
*)
exit 1
esac
exit 0


Notice the following line which is the key of the solution:

# chkconfig: 2345 99 00

In addition some sleep times have been added.

This means that for levels 0 and 6 (init 0 and init 6), then the "stop)" section of the aforementioned script will be executed, and this script will be executed before other init.d scripts when the system reboots or shutdowns.

Regards,

[Lazydog]

chkconfig --list | grep freerausb
whose result is:
freerausb 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

This is teeling the system to not execute the script when shutting down.

To change this run the following

chkconfig --level 06 freerausb on

This will tell the script to run during those sessions.