Services don't start at startup + "Fake initctl called"
May 2011
If you are experiencing problems with the scripts at startup (being marked to start, but in fact nothing happens), or you try to use service from command line and you have:
Warning: Fake initctl called, doing nothing.
then, possible fixes are:
Modifying rc-sysinit.conf
/etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf
... #start on filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=lo # comment this start on filesystem # add this! stop on runlevel ...
Creating a symbolic link to initctl.REAL
Initial:
Initial situation
# ls -l /sbin/initctl* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 84 2011-05-03 15:33 /sbin/initctl -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 147208 2011-05-03 15:32 /sbin/initctl.REAL
Modifications (with backup for original initctl):
Create symbolic link
mv /sbin/initctl /sbin/initctl.orig ln -s /sbin/initctl.REAL /sbin/initctl
Final:
Final
# ls -l /sbin/initctl* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2011-05-18 09:58 /sbin/initctl -> /sbin/initctl.REAL -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 84 2011-05-03 15:33 /sbin/initctl.orig -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 147208 2011-05-03 15:32 /sbin/initctl.REAL
