[solved] and yet this question..why my rc.local doesn't work

Question

Hi,
I would like to add some commands to the rc.local but I can't figure out why rc.multi is reading it but it doesn't have any effect.
rc.local
#!/bin/bash
echo "LOCAL"
/usr/bin/xset dpms 180 360 720 &> /dev/null
/usr/bin/cpufreq-set -c 1 -f ondemand &> /dev/null
/usr/bin/cpufreq-set -c 0 -f ondemand &> /dev/null
I see during booting that the echo "LOCAL" is written but when I check for instance xset the values are the default and not what I want... the same applies for the cpufreq...
just in case if I run:
#/etc/rc.local
it works.. it does what I want but why not at boot-time?
I understood from the wiki that:
it is run after the basic setup (modules/daemons)
as the root user,
and whether or not X starts.
I'd appreciate it if someone can tell me how to set the rc.local
Last edited by bradomyn (2011-09-26 22:27:48)

Answer 1

It's working actually, my bad.
First issue:
/usr/bin/cpufreq-set -c 1 -f ondemand &> /dev/null
/usr/bin/cpufreq-set -c 0 -f ondemand &> /dev/null
this two commands can be replaced by
echo "ondemand" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
for each of my cores in /etc/rc.local to set the governor during boot.
as  moetunes suggested me in this post:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=127165
and the other issue:
/usr/bin/xset dpms 180 360 720 &> /dev/null
well after reading the xorg documentation xset sets the values but the default values are going to be load after...overwriting. If I specify this values in the xorg.conf according to:
blanking section
http://www.shallowsky.com/linux/x-screen-blanking.html