Patch for Slackware 14.1 guest on a Linux-Vserver host
========================================================
by Roberto Puzzanghera - http://notes.sagredo.eu
version: 2014.08.05
========================================================

diff -ruN rc.d-original/rc.0 rc.d/rc.0
--- rc.d-original/rc.0	2013-09-23 01:43:20.000000000 +0200
+++ rc.d/rc.0	2013-12-29 12:13:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -37,22 +37,6 @@
 		;;
 esac
 
-# Save the system time to the hardware clock using hwclock --systohc.
-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 -w rtc /proc/ioports ; then
-    CLOCK_OPT="--directisa"
-  fi
-  if grep -q "^UTC" /etc/hardwareclock 2> /dev/null ; then
-    echo "Saving system time to the hardware clock (UTC)."
-    /sbin/hwclock $CLOCK_OPT --utc --systohc
-  else
-    echo "Saving system time to the hardware clock (localtime)."
-    /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
@@ -98,24 +82,6 @@
   sh /etc/rc.d/rc.messagebus stop
 fi
 
-# Kill any processes (typically gam) that would otherwise prevent
-# unmounting NFS volumes:
-unset FUSER_DELAY
-for dir in $(/bin/mount | grep 'type nfs' | cut -d ' ' -f 3 ) ; do
-  echo "Killing processes holding NFS mount $dir open..."
-  # Background this to prevent fuser from also blocking shutdown:
-  /usr/bin/fuser -k -m $dir &
-  FUSER_DELAY=5
-done
-# If fuser was run, let it have some delay:
-if [ ! -z "$FUSER_DELAY" ]; then
-  sleep $FUSER_DELAY
-fi
-
-# Unmount any NFS, SMB, or CIFS filesystems:
-echo "Unmounting remote filesystems."
-/bin/umount -v -a -l -f -r -t nfs,smbfs,cifs
-
 # Try to shut down pppd:
 PS="$(ps ax)"
 if echo "$PS" | /bin/grep -q -w pppd ; then
@@ -131,45 +97,11 @@
   fi
 fi
 
-# Bring down the networking system, but first make sure that this
-# isn't a diskless client with the / partition mounted via NFS:
-if ! /bin/mount | /bin/grep -q 'on / type nfs' ; then
-  if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 ]; then
-    . /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 stop
-  fi
-fi
-
-# In case dhcpcd might have been manually started on the command line,
-# look for the .pid file, and shut dhcpcd down if it's found:
-if /bin/ls /etc/dhcpc/*.pid 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
-  /sbin/dhcpcd -k 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
-  # A little time for /etc/resolv.conf and/or other files to
-  # restore themselves.
-  sleep 2
-fi
-
-# Shut down PCMCIA devices:
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia ]; then
-  . /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia stop
-  # The cards might need a little extra time here to deactivate:
-  /bin/sleep 5
-fi
-
 # Turn off process accounting:
 if [ -x /sbin/accton -a -r /var/log/pacct ]; then
   /sbin/accton off
 fi
 
-# Terminate acpid before syslog:
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.acpid -a -r /var/run/acpid.pid ]; then # quit
-  . /etc/rc.d/rc.acpid stop
-fi
-
-# Stop udev:
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.udev ]; then
-  sh /etc/rc.d/rc.udev force-stop
-fi
-
 # Kill all remaining processes.
 if [ ! "$1" = "fast" ]; then
   echo "Sending all processes the SIGTERM signal."
@@ -187,16 +119,6 @@
   fi
 fi
 
-# Carry a random seed between reboots.
-echo "Saving random seed from /dev/urandom in /etc/random-seed."
-# Use the pool size from /proc, or 4096 bits:
-if [ -r /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize ]; then
-  /bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=/etc/random-seed count=1 bs=$(expr $(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize) / 8) 2> /dev/null
-else
-  /bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=/etc/random-seed count=1 bs=512 2> /dev/null
-fi
-/bin/chmod 600 /etc/random-seed
-
 # Before unmounting file systems write a reboot or halt record to wtmp.
 $command -w
 
@@ -205,80 +127,5 @@
   rm -f /var/lock/subsys/*
 fi
 
-# Turn off swap:
-echo "Turning off swap."
-/sbin/swapoff -a
-/bin/sync
-
-echo "Unmounting local file systems."
-/bin/umount -v -a -t no,proc,sysfs
-
-echo "Remounting root filesystem read-only."
-/bin/mount -v -n -o remount,ro /
-
 # This never hurts:
 /bin/sync
-
-# Close any volumes opened by cryptsetup:
-if [ -f /etc/crypttab -a -x /sbin/cryptsetup ]; then
-  cat /etc/crypttab | grep -v "^#" | grep -v "^$" | while read line; do
-    # NOTE: we only support LUKS formatted volumes (except for swap)!
-    LUKS=$(echo $line | tr '\t' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f1 -d' ')
-    DEV=$(echo $line | tr '\t' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f2 -d' ')
-    OPTS=$(echo $line | tr '\t' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f4 -d' ')
-    if /sbin/cryptsetup isLuks $DEV 2>/dev/null ; then
-      echo "Locking LUKS crypt volume '${LUKS}':"
-      /sbin/cryptsetup luksClose ${LUKS}
-    elif echo $OPTS | grep -wq swap ; then
-      # If any of the volumes was used as encrypted swap,
-      # then run mkswap on the underlying device -
-      # in case other Linux installations on this computer should use it:
-      echo "Erasing encrypted swap '${LUKS}' and restoring normal swap on ${DEV}:"
-      /sbin/cryptsetup remove ${LUKS}
-      mkswap $DEV
-    fi
-  done
-fi
-
-# Deactivate LVM volume groups:
-if [ -r /etc/lvmtab -o -d /etc/lvm/backup ]; then
-  echo "Deactivating LVM volume groups:"
-  /sbin/vgchange -an --ignorelockingfailure
-fi
-
-# This never hurts again (especially since root-on-LVM always fails
-# to deactivate the / logical volume...  but at least it was
-# remounted as read-only first)
-/bin/sync
-
-# sleep 3 fixes problems with some hard drives that don't
-# otherwise finish syncing before reboot or poweroff
-/bin/sleep 3
-
-# This is to ensure all processes have completed on SMP machines:
-wait
-
-if [ -x /sbin/genpowerd ]; then
-  # See if this is a powerfail situation:
-  if /bin/egrep -q "FAIL|SCRAM" /etc/upsstatus 2> /dev/null ; then
-    # Signal UPS to shut off the inverter:
-    /sbin/genpowerd -k
-    if [ ! $? = 0 ]; then
-      echo
-      echo "There was an error signaling the UPS."
-      echo "Perhaps you need to edit /etc/genpowerd.conf to configure"
-      echo "the serial line and UPS type."
-      # Wasting 15 seconds of precious power:
-      /bin/sleep 15
-    fi
-  fi
-fi
-
-# Now halt (poweroff with APM or ACPI enabled kernels) or reboot.
-if [ "$command" = "reboot" ]; then
-  echo "Rebooting."
-  /sbin/reboot
-else
-  /sbin/poweroff
-fi
-
diff -ruN rc.d-original/rc.6 rc.d/rc.6
--- rc.d-original/rc.6	2013-09-23 01:43:20.000000000 +0200
+++ rc.d/rc.6	2013-12-29 12:13:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -37,22 +37,6 @@
 		;;
 esac
 
-# Save the system time to the hardware clock using hwclock --systohc.
-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 -w rtc /proc/ioports ; then
-    CLOCK_OPT="--directisa"
-  fi
-  if grep -q "^UTC" /etc/hardwareclock 2> /dev/null ; then
-    echo "Saving system time to the hardware clock (UTC)."
-    /sbin/hwclock $CLOCK_OPT --utc --systohc
-  else
-    echo "Saving system time to the hardware clock (localtime)."
-    /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
@@ -98,24 +82,6 @@
   sh /etc/rc.d/rc.messagebus stop
 fi
 
-# Kill any processes (typically gam) that would otherwise prevent
-# unmounting NFS volumes:
-unset FUSER_DELAY
-for dir in $(/bin/mount | grep 'type nfs' | cut -d ' ' -f 3 ) ; do
-  echo "Killing processes holding NFS mount $dir open..."
-  # Background this to prevent fuser from also blocking shutdown:
-  /usr/bin/fuser -k -m $dir &
-  FUSER_DELAY=5
-done
-# If fuser was run, let it have some delay:
-if [ ! -z "$FUSER_DELAY" ]; then
-  sleep $FUSER_DELAY
-fi
-
-# Unmount any NFS, SMB, or CIFS filesystems:
-echo "Unmounting remote filesystems."
-/bin/umount -v -a -l -f -r -t nfs,smbfs,cifs
-
 # Try to shut down pppd:
 PS="$(ps ax)"
 if echo "$PS" | /bin/grep -q -w pppd ; then
@@ -131,45 +97,11 @@
   fi
 fi
 
-# Bring down the networking system, but first make sure that this
-# isn't a diskless client with the / partition mounted via NFS:
-if ! /bin/mount | /bin/grep -q 'on / type nfs' ; then
-  if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 ]; then
-    . /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 stop
-  fi
-fi
-
-# In case dhcpcd might have been manually started on the command line,
-# look for the .pid file, and shut dhcpcd down if it's found:
-if /bin/ls /etc/dhcpc/*.pid 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
-  /sbin/dhcpcd -k 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
-  # A little time for /etc/resolv.conf and/or other files to
-  # restore themselves.
-  sleep 2
-fi
-
-# Shut down PCMCIA devices:
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia ]; then
-  . /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia stop
-  # The cards might need a little extra time here to deactivate:
-  /bin/sleep 5
-fi
-
 # Turn off process accounting:
 if [ -x /sbin/accton -a -r /var/log/pacct ]; then
   /sbin/accton off
 fi
 
-# Terminate acpid before syslog:
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.acpid -a -r /var/run/acpid.pid ]; then # quit
-  . /etc/rc.d/rc.acpid stop
-fi
-
-# Stop udev:
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.udev ]; then
-  sh /etc/rc.d/rc.udev force-stop
-fi
-
 # Kill all remaining processes.
 if [ ! "$1" = "fast" ]; then
   echo "Sending all processes the SIGTERM signal."
@@ -187,16 +119,6 @@
   fi
 fi
 
-# Carry a random seed between reboots.
-echo "Saving random seed from /dev/urandom in /etc/random-seed."
-# Use the pool size from /proc, or 4096 bits:
-if [ -r /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize ]; then
-  /bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=/etc/random-seed count=1 bs=$(expr $(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize) / 8) 2> /dev/null
-else
-  /bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=/etc/random-seed count=1 bs=512 2> /dev/null
-fi
-/bin/chmod 600 /etc/random-seed
-
 # Before unmounting file systems write a reboot or halt record to wtmp.
 $command -w
 
@@ -205,80 +127,5 @@
   rm -f /var/lock/subsys/*
 fi
 
-# Turn off swap:
-echo "Turning off swap."
-/sbin/swapoff -a
-/bin/sync
-
-echo "Unmounting local file systems."
-/bin/umount -v -a -t no,proc,sysfs
-
-echo "Remounting root filesystem read-only."
-/bin/mount -v -n -o remount,ro /
-
 # This never hurts:
 /bin/sync
-
-# Close any volumes opened by cryptsetup:
-if [ -f /etc/crypttab -a -x /sbin/cryptsetup ]; then
-  cat /etc/crypttab | grep -v "^#" | grep -v "^$" | while read line; do
-    # NOTE: we only support LUKS formatted volumes (except for swap)!
-    LUKS=$(echo $line | tr '\t' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f1 -d' ')
-    DEV=$(echo $line | tr '\t' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f2 -d' ')
-    OPTS=$(echo $line | tr '\t' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f4 -d' ')
-    if /sbin/cryptsetup isLuks $DEV 2>/dev/null ; then
-      echo "Locking LUKS crypt volume '${LUKS}':"
-      /sbin/cryptsetup luksClose ${LUKS}
-    elif echo $OPTS | grep -wq swap ; then
-      # If any of the volumes was used as encrypted swap,
-      # then run mkswap on the underlying device -
-      # in case other Linux installations on this computer should use it:
-      echo "Erasing encrypted swap '${LUKS}' and restoring normal swap on ${DEV}:"
-      /sbin/cryptsetup remove ${LUKS}
-      mkswap $DEV
-    fi
-  done
-fi
-
-# Deactivate LVM volume groups:
-if [ -r /etc/lvmtab -o -d /etc/lvm/backup ]; then
-  echo "Deactivating LVM volume groups:"
-  /sbin/vgchange -an --ignorelockingfailure
-fi
-
-# This never hurts again (especially since root-on-LVM always fails
-# to deactivate the / logical volume...  but at least it was
-# remounted as read-only first)
-/bin/sync
-
-# sleep 3 fixes problems with some hard drives that don't
-# otherwise finish syncing before reboot or poweroff
-/bin/sleep 3
-
-# This is to ensure all processes have completed on SMP machines:
-wait
-
-if [ -x /sbin/genpowerd ]; then
-  # See if this is a powerfail situation:
-  if /bin/egrep -q "FAIL|SCRAM" /etc/upsstatus 2> /dev/null ; then
-    # Signal UPS to shut off the inverter:
-    /sbin/genpowerd -k
-    if [ ! $? = 0 ]; then
-      echo
-      echo "There was an error signaling the UPS."
-      echo "Perhaps you need to edit /etc/genpowerd.conf to configure"
-      echo "the serial line and UPS type."
-      # Wasting 15 seconds of precious power:
-      /bin/sleep 15
-    fi
-  fi
-fi
-
-# Now halt (poweroff with APM or ACPI enabled kernels) or reboot.
-if [ "$command" = "reboot" ]; then
-  echo "Rebooting."
-  /sbin/reboot
-else
-  /sbin/poweroff
-fi
-
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	2013-12-29 12:13:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -16,26 +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
@@ -44,23 +24,6 @@
   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
diff -ruN rc.d-original/rc.M rc.d/rc.M
--- rc.d-original/rc.M	2013-10-28 06:07:17.000000000 +0100
+++ rc.d/rc.M	2013-12-29 12:14:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -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 .)
diff -ruN rc.d-original/rc.S rc.d/rc.S
--- rc.d-original/rc.S	2013-10-28 06:06:39.000000000 +0100
+++ rc.d/rc.S	2013-12-29 12:13:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -48,31 +48,6 @@
   fi
 fi
 
-# Mount Control Groups filesystem interface:
-if grep -wq cgroup /proc/filesystems ; then
-  if [ -d /sys/fs/cgroup ]; then
-    # See linux-*/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt (section 1.6)
-    # Check if we have some tools to autodetect the available cgroup controllers
-    if [ -x /usr/bin/lssubsys -a -x /usr/bin/tr -a -x /usr/bin/sed ]; then
-      # Mount a tmpfs as the cgroup filesystem root
-      mount -t tmpfs -o mode=0755 cgroup_root /sys/fs/cgroup
-      # Autodetect available controllers and mount them in subfolders
-      controllers="$(lssubsys -a 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ' ' | sed s/.$//)"
-      for i in $controllers; do
-        mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/$i
-        mount -t cgroup -o $i $i /sys/fs/cgroup/$i
-      done
-      unset i controllers
-    else
-      # We can't use autodetection so fall back mounting them all together
-      mount -t cgroup cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup
-    fi
-  else
-    mkdir -p /dev/cgroup
-    mount -t cgroup cgroup /dev/cgroup
-  fi
-fi
-
 # Initialize the Logical Volume Manager.
 # This won't start unless we find /etc/lvmtab (LVM1) or
 # /etc/lvm/backup/ (LVM2).  This is created by /sbin/vgscan, so to
diff -ruN rc.d-original/rc.syslog rc.d/rc.syslog
--- rc.d-original/rc.syslog	2013-06-22 22:49:03.000000000 +0200
+++ rc.d/rc.syslog	2013-12-29 12:13:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 syslogd_start() {
   if [ -x /usr/sbin/syslogd -a -x /usr/sbin/klogd ]; then
-    echo -n "Starting sysklogd daemons:  "
+#    echo -n "Starting sysklogd daemons:  "
     echo -n "/usr/sbin/syslogd "
     /usr/sbin/syslogd
     # prevent syslogd/klogd race condition on SMP kernels
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
     else
       sleep 1
     fi
-    echo "/usr/sbin/klogd -c 3 -x"
+#    echo "/usr/sbin/klogd -c 3 -x"
     # '-c 3' = display level 'error' or higher messages on console
     # '-x' = turn off broken EIP translation
-    /usr/sbin/klogd -c 3 -x
+#    /usr/sbin/klogd -c 3 -x
   fi
 }