+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #237752 +++ Description of problem: This construction returns error code 0 even when the service is not correctly runned: [ -x /usr/sbin/acpid ] || exit 0 [ -f /proc/acpi/event ] || exit 0 Also the status command (that should always return state of the service) is ended withou even finding out the state. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): all How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. rename conf file/change permissions on binary 2. service acpid start 3. echo $? Actual results: 0 Expected results: correct error code Additional info: When fixing this bug, please obbey our init script guidelines and be sure that status command is implemented correctly. Our guidelines are on following two pages: http://intranet.corp.redhat.com/ic/intranet/InitscriptsSpec.html http://intranet.corp.redhat.com/ic/intranet/InitscriptGuidelines.html
So what would you suggest how to fix it? We can't really run the initscript without kernel support. And letting it always fail with an error if the kernel doesn't support ACPI isn't really good either. Read ya, Phil
*** Bug 246860 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***