monkey thanks for the reply, I do have an rc file in the path /etc/rc.d/rc it doesn't end with .local though, is that where I need to add the line?
here is what is the text in that file:
#! /bin/bash
#
# Copyright (c) 1996-2001 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany. All rights reserved.
#
# Author: Florian La Roche <florian@suse.de> 1996
# Werner Fink <werner@suse.de> 1994-99,2000-2001
#
# /etc/init.d/rc -- The Master Resource Control Script
#
# This file is responsible for starting/stopping services
# when the runlevel changes. If the action for a particular
# feature in the new run-level is the same as the action in
# the previous run-level, this script will neither start nor
# stop that feature.
#
#
# On previous runlevel identical with current runlevel do not
# re-examine current runlevel.
#
test "$PREVLEVEL" = "$RUNLEVEL" && exit 0
#
# Comming from runlevel 1 we do not need to enter S
#
test "$PREVLEVEL" = "1" -a "$RUNLEVEL" = "S" && exit 0
#
# Avoid being interrupted by child or keyboard
#
trap "echo" SIGINT SIGSEGV SIGQUIT
trap 'test "$RUNLEVEL" = "1" && exit 0' SIGTERM
set +e
#
# Get terminal size of standard input of the system console
#
test -z "$CONSOLE" && CONSOLE=/dev/console
set -- $(stty size < $CONSOLE)
LINES=$1
COLUMNS=$2
export LINES COLUMNS CONSOLE
#
# Set I/O of this script and its childs to console
#
exec 0<> $CONSOLE 1>&0 2>&0
#
# This redirects all rc messages during reboot and halt
# to tty1 if the system console is bound on VGA (tty0).
#
REDIRECT="`showconsole 2>/dev/null`"
if test $COLUMNS -gt 0 ; then
# VGA
if test "$RUNLEVEL" = "0" -o "$RUNLEVEL" = "6" ; then
case "$REDIRECT" in /dev/tty[1-9]*)
export REDIRECT=/dev/tty1
setconsole $REDIRECT < $CONSOLE
set -- $(stty size < $REDIRECT)
LINES=$1
COLUMNS=$2
export LINES COLUMNS
esac
fi
else
# Serial: columns and lines are not defined
LINES=24
COLUMNS=80
test "$TERM" = "linux" -o -z "$TERM" && TERM=vt102
fi
#
# Configuration and coloring of the boot messages
#
. /etc/rc.status
. /etc/rc.config
#
# Save old terminal settings and set -nl to avoid staircase
# effect, do not lock scrolling, and avoid break characters.
#
otty=$(stty -g)
stty -nl -ixon ignbrk -brkint 0>&1
#
# Start blogd if not in single user mode
#
if test "$RUNLEVEL" != "S" -a -x /sbin/blogd ; then
/sbin/blogd $REDIRECT
fi
echo -n "Master Resource Control: "
echo -n "previous runlevel: $PREVLEVEL, "
echo -e "switching to runlevel: ${stat}${extd}${RUNLEVEL}${norm}"
runrc=/etc/init.d/rc${RUNLEVEL}.d
prerc=/etc/init.d/rc${PREVLEVEL}.d
rex="[0-9][0-9]"
failed=""
skipped=""
#
# First check and test services of previous and current (new) runlevel.
#
for i in $prerc/K${rex}*; do
test -x "$i" || continue
#
# Don't stop service if the new runlevel requires the service.
#
service=${i#*/K$rex}
set -- $runrc/S$rex$service
test $# -gt 1 && echo -e "$attn$runrc/: more than one link for service $service$norm"
test -x "$1" && continue
# send information to splash icon viewer.
rc_splash "$i stop"
# Log to /var/log/boot.msg
blogger "$i stop"
# Stop the services of the previous runlevel if they are missed
# within the current (new) runlevel.
$i stop; status=$?
case $status in
[1-4]) failed="${failed} ${service}" ;;
[56]) skipped="${skipped} ${service}" ;;
[07]|*) ;;
esac
echo -en "$rc_reset"
# Log to /var/log/boot.msg
blogger "'$i stop' exits with status $status"
done
for i in $runrc/S${rex}*; do
test -x "$i" || continue
#
# Don't start service if previous runlevel includes the service.
#
service=${i#*/S$rex}
set -- $prerc/K$rex$service
test $# -gt 1 && echo -e "$attn$prerc/: more than one link for service $service$norm"
test -x "$1" && continue
# send information to splash icon viewer.
rc_splash "$i start"
# Log to /var/log/boot.msg
blogger "$i start"
# Start the services of the current (new) runlevel if they are missed
# within the previous runlevel.
$i start; status=$?
case $status in
[1-47]) failed="${failed} ${service}" ;;
[56]) skipped="${skipped} ${service}" ;;
0|*) ;;
esac
echo -en "$rc_reset"
# Log to /var/log/boot.msg
blogger "'$i start' exits with status $status"
done
#
# Inform the users
# Reaction on LSB return values:
# OK : 0 - success
# FAIL : 1 - generic or unspecified error
# FAIL : 2 - invalid or excess argument(s)
# FAIL : 3 - unimplemented feature (e.g. "reload")
# FAIL : 4 - insufficient privilege
# SKIP : 5 - program is not installed
# SKIP : 6 - program is not configured
# FAIL : 7 - program is not running (doing "start")
# OK : 7 - program is not running (doing "stop")
#
rc_splash "master"
echo -n "Master Resource Control: "
echo -e "runlevel ${RUNLEVEL} has been ${stat}${extd}reached${norm}"
if test -n "$failed" ; then
n=$((${#failed} + 7))
echo -n "Failed services in runlevel ${RUNLEVEL}: "
test $n -lt 47 && echo -en "\033[${COLUMNS}C\033[${n}D"
echo -e "${warn}${failed}${norm}"
fi
if test -n "$skipped" ; then
n=$((${#skipped} + 7))
echo -n "Skipped services in runlevel ${RUNLEVEL}: "
test $n -lt 47 && echo -en "\033[${COLUMNS}C\033[${n}D"
echo -e "${attn}${skipped}${norm}"
fi
#
# Stop blogd if running
#
killproc -QUIT /sbin/blogd
#
# Restore old terminal settings
#
stty $otty 0>&1
#
# For the first logon on a virtual console.
#
test -e /etc/issue-SuSE-first-run && {
cat /etc/issue-SuSE-first-run > $REDIRECT
rm -f /etc/issue-SuSE-first-run 2>/dev/null
}
exit 0
