[solved] bootchart issues

[Tim CowChip]

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chris[~]$ java -jar /usr/bin/bootchart.jar
bash: java: command not found
chris[~]$ su
Password:
root[chris]# twapake -s
bootchart-0.9-noarch-1rl
jre-6u25-x86_64-1


?

[Tim CowChip]

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chris[~]$ export PATH="/usr/lib64/java/bin/:$PATH"

fixed it

[Tim CowChip]

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/var/log/bootchart.tgz not found
mv: cannot stat `/home/chris/bootchart.png': No such file or directory

The process is now complete and an image file has
been placed in your home directory.  Please open
/home/chris/bootchart-2012-05-20_13:32:48.png
with the image viewer of your choice to view.
You may now close this window.

Reading the Arch wiki for bootchart https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bootchart I see that this issue is related to bootchartd not being able to detect when the booting process was finished.

The Arch wiki fix is to edit /sbin/bootchartd so that it knows which exit process to wait for.

I am running Salix-MATE with gdm as the display manager, so this part of bootchartd seems fine to me.

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# The processes we have to wait for
   local exit_proc="gdmgreeter gdm-binary"

Has anyone been able to sucessfully use this app with MATE?

[Tim CowChip]

I am reading at http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/system/bootchart/
After installation, to run bootchartd;
a) if you run a huge kernel or custom kernel without initrd:
append the following boot option:
init=/sbin/bootchartd

I am using the huge kernel without initrd and was wondering where to append boot options.

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# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz-huge-2.6.37.6
root = /dev/disk/by-uuid/5ee98a2d-5011-4044-a692-4124c23d005d
label = Salix
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends
#
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /media/disk/boot/vmlinuz-linux
root = /dev/disk/by-uuid/67f35b73-ec67-4c02-b748-f1da89338b6a
label = Archbang
initrd = /media/disk/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends

[Shador]

Through a global or local append or addappend statement. For more information have a look at man lilo.conf. Finally don't forget to run lilo -Cv.

[Tim CowChip]

Like this?

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# Start LILO global section
# Append any additional kernel parameters:
append = "vt.default_utf8=1 "
append ="/sbin/bootchartd"
boot = /dev/sda
lba32
compact

[Shador]

No, like this:

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addappend="init=/sbin/bootchartd"

Then put that somewhere in the Salix entry i.e. after the image option and before the next image option.

[Tim CowChip]

Thanks Shador. I had gotten a duplicate append entry error when I ran lilo -Cv

[Tim CowChip]

I still couldn't get bootchart to work, so I tried using Grub. I like Lilo, but it hasn't been updated in over a year and grub is easier for me to configure.

[laprjns]

bootchart works with lilo here

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# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
  root = /dev/sda3
  append = "init=/sbin/bootchartd"
  label = Linux
  read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends


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