[TriLUG] Debian vs. Fedora start-up

[Corey Mutter]

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> well that's the "explanation" part, so thank you!  Now all I need to
> know is how to either get the eye-candy on a Debian system, or get
> aptitude on an RPM-based system.

Most all the startings and stoppings in the Debian bootup call
"start-stop-daemon". I suppose that could be wrapped with a script (so
when something fails, print a highly visible message, scream in agony
via /dev/dsp, ...). I don't know of any ready-made solutions though.

Corey
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