Patch for Slackware 14.2 guest on a Linux-Vserver host
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by Roberto Puzzanghera - http://notes.sagredo.eu
version: 2017.07.09
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diff -ruN rc.d-original/rc.6 rc.d/rc.6
--- rc.d-original/rc.6	2016-03-26 17:48:37.000000000 +0100
+++ rc.d/rc.6	2016-07-09 14:08:48.470713168 +0200
@@ -37,36 +37,6 @@
 		;;
 esac
 
-# Save the system time to the hardware clock using hwclock --systohc.
-# This will also create or update the timestamps in /etc/adjtime.
-if [ -x /sbin/hwclock ]; then
-  # Check for a broken motherboard RTC clock (where ioports for rtc are
-  # unknown) to prevent hwclock causing a hang:
-  if ! grep -q " : rtc" /proc/ioports ; then
-    CLOCK_OPT="--directisa"
-  fi
-  if [ /etc/adjtime -nt /etc/hardwareclock ]; then
-    if grep -q "^LOCAL" /etc/adjtime ; then
-      echo "Saving system time to the hardware clock (localtime)."
-    else
-      echo "Saving system time to the hardware clock (UTC)."
-    fi
-    /sbin/hwclock $CLOCK_OPT --systohc
-  elif grep -q "^UTC" /etc/hardwareclock 2> /dev/null ; then
-    echo "Saving system time to the hardware clock (UTC)."
-    if [ ! -r /etc/adjtime ]; then
-      echo "Creating system time correction file /etc/adjtime."
-    fi
-    /sbin/hwclock $CLOCK_OPT --utc --systohc
-  else
-    echo "Saving system time to the hardware clock (localtime)."
-    if [ ! -r /etc/adjtime ]; then
-      echo "Creating system time correction file /etc/adjtime."
-    fi
-    /sbin/hwclock $CLOCK_OPT --localtime --systohc
-  fi
-fi
-
 # Run any local shutdown scripts:
 if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown ]; then
   /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown stop
@@ -126,10 +96,6 @@
   sleep $FUSER_DELAY
 fi
 
-# Unmount any NFS, SMB, or CIFS filesystems:
-echo "Unmounting remote filesystems:"
-/bin/umount -v -a -l -f -r -t nfs,smbfs,cifs | tr -d ' ' | grep successfully | sed "s/:successfullyunmounted/ has been successfully unmounted./g"
-
 # Try to shut down pppd:
 PS="$(ps ax)"
 if echo "$PS" | /bin/grep -q -w pppd ; then
@@ -215,22 +181,11 @@
 # Before unmounting file systems write a reboot or halt record to wtmp.
 $shutdown_command -w
 
-# Turn off swap:
-echo "Turning off swap."
-/sbin/swapoff -a
-/bin/sync
-
 # Stop cgmanager and cgproxy:
 if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.cgmanager ]; then
   sh /etc/rc.d/rc.cgmanager stop
 fi
 
-echo "Unmounting local file systems:"
-/bin/umount -v -a -t no,proc,sysfs | tr -d ' ' | grep successfully | sed "s/:successfullyunmounted/ has been successfully unmounted./g" 2> /dev/null
-
-echo "Remounting root filesystem read-only:"
-/bin/mount -v -n -o remount,ro /
-
 # This never hurts:
 /bin/sync
 
@@ -288,12 +243,3 @@
     fi
   fi
 fi
-
-# Now halt (poweroff with APM or ACPI enabled kernels) or reboot.
-if [ "$shutdown_command" = "reboot" ]; then
-  echo "Rebooting."
-  /sbin/reboot
-else
-  /sbin/poweroff
-fi
-
diff -ruN rc.d-original/rc.M rc.d/rc.M
--- rc.d-original/rc.M	2016-05-05 06:27:00.000000000 +0200
+++ rc.d/rc.M	2016-07-09 14:14:20.090096570 +0200
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
   /sbin/ldconfig &
 fi
 
-# Screen blanks after 15 minutes idle time, and powers down in one hour
-# if the kernel supports APM or ACPI power management:
-/bin/setterm -blank 15 -powersave powerdown -powerdown 60
-
 # Set the hostname.
 if [ -r /etc/HOSTNAME ]; then
   /bin/hostname $(cat /etc/HOSTNAME | cut -f1 -d .)
@@ -109,13 +105,6 @@
   sh /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth start
 fi
 
-# Start wicd or networkmanager:
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.wicd -a -x /usr/sbin/wicd ]; then
-  sh /etc/rc.d/rc.wicd start
-elif [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager ]; then
-  sh /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager start
-fi
-
 # Start networking daemons:
 if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2 ]; then
   . /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2
@@ -126,14 +115,6 @@
   . /etc/rc.d/rc.scanluns
 fi
 
-# Mount any additional filesystem types that haven't already been mounted:
-mount -a -v 2> /dev/null | grep -v -e "already mounted" -e "ignored" | cut -f 1 -d : | tr -d ' ' | while read dev ; do mount | grep "${dev} " ; done
-
-# Start the Control Script for automounter:
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.autofs ]; then
-  sh /etc/rc.d/rc.autofs start
-fi
-
 # Start the Network Time Protocol daemon:
 if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd ]; then
   sh /etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd start
@@ -153,16 +134,6 @@
 chmod 755 / 2> /dev/null
 chmod 1777 /tmp /var/tmp
 
-# Start ACPI daemon.
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.acpid ]; then
-  . /etc/rc.d/rc.acpid start
-fi
-
-# Enable CPU frequency scaling:
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.cpufreq ]; then
-  . /etc/rc.d/rc.cpufreq start
-fi
-
 # Update any existing icon cache files:
 if find /usr/share/icons -maxdepth 2 2> /dev/null | grep -q icon-theme.cache ; then
   for theme_dir in /usr/share/icons/* ; do
diff -ruN rc.d-original/rc.inet2 rc.d/rc.inet2
--- rc.d-original/rc.inet2	2012-08-15 00:53:35.000000000 +0200
+++ rc.d/rc.inet2	2016-07-09 14:10:49.388841574 +0200
@@ -16,51 +16,6 @@
 # At this point, we are ready to talk to The World...
 
 
-# Mount remote (NFS) filesystems:
-if cat /etc/fstab | grep -v '^#' | grep -w nfs 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
-  # Start rpc.portmap, /sbin/rpc.lockd, and /sbin/rpc.statd if we find NFS
-  # volumes defined in /etc/fstab since these will need to be running in order
-  # to mount them.  If they are not running, attempting to mount an NFS
-  # partition will cause mount to hang, or at least result in unreliable
-  # operation.  Keep this in mind if you plan to mount unlisted NFS
-  # partitions... 
-  # If you have uncommented NFS partitions in your /etc/fstab, rc.rpc is run
-  # whether it is set as executable or not.  If you don't want to run it,
-  # comment the NFS partitions out in /etc/fstab or erase/rename rc.rpc.
-  if [ -r /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc ]; then
-    sh /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc start
-  fi
-  echo "Mounting remote (NFS) file systems:  /sbin/mount -a -t nfs"
-  /sbin/mount -a -t nfs          # This may be our /usr runtime!
-  # Show the mounted volumes:
-  /sbin/mount -v -t nfs
-fi
-
-# If /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc is executable, run it to load rpc.portmap, rpc.lockd,
-# and rpc.statd.  This might be needed to mount NFS partitions that are not
-# listed in /etc/fstab.  Starting this twice won't hurt as the script will
-# check if things are already running before trying to start them.
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc ]; then
-  sh /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc start
-fi
-
-# Mount remote CIFS filesystems.  Note that where possible, using CIFS is
-# preferred over SMBFS.  SMBFS is no longer actively maintained.
-if cat /etc/fstab | grep -v '^#' | grep -w cifs 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
-  echo "Mounting remote CIFS file systems:  /sbin/mount -a -t cifs"
-  /sbin/mount -a -t cifs
-  # Show the mounted volumes:
-  /sbin/mount -v -t cifs
-fi
-
-# Mount remote SMB filesystems:
-if cat /etc/fstab | grep -v '^#' | grep -w smbfs 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
-  echo "Mounting remote SMBFS file systems:  /sbin/mount -a -t smbfs"
-  /sbin/mount -a -t smbfs
-  # Show the mounted volumes:
-  /sbin/mount -v -t smbfs
-fi
-
 # Start the system logger if it is not already running (maybe because /usr
 # is on a network partition).
 if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.syslog -a -d /var/log -a ! -r /var/run/syslogd.pid ]; then