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Linux shell lagging one step

I upgraded busybox from 1.2.1 to 1.7.4 in my embedded system platform and it is connected to linux host via serial cable. Now when I type any command in shell on that embedded system platform like ...
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Busybox `uname -r` shows wrong kernel version

My kernel is 3.2.27 and /lib/modules/ contains 3.2.27 + folder. But when I am using /# uname -r 3.1.9+ It's showing a strange output. My problem is that for modprobe depends on uname when I put ...
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No /proc in a Busybox-based embedded Linux distribution

I am making an embedded Linux distribution and my board is a Raspberry Pi. My kernel version is 3.2.27 without initramfs and my root file system as follows: /lib /* contains ...
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Create and control start up scripts in BusyBox

I have compiled a custom linux kernel in BusyBox. BusyBox init does not support runlevels. When the kernel boots up in BusyBox, it first executes init which looks for the specified runlevel in ...
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inittab '-' character in process field

I have a an inittab file with the following entry: console::askfirst:-/bin/ash According to this Man page a '+' character in the process field means init will not do utmp and wtmp accounting ...
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How do I safely unmount a network share on Linux STB without crashing (I get GSOD)?

I have a network share named dreambox on C:\dreambox that is shared with the group Everyone in Windows. I have mounted it to /hdd on a Linux-based STB with OpenDreambox (OpenEmbedded) using Telnet ...
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How to remove a trailing CRLF from a file?

I have a binary file with a trailing CRLF (2 bytes total) that I want to remove. How should I do it? Please note that I'm using busybox and I don't have perl.
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Busybox exits instantly printing 'SIGUSR1'

I was tinkering with my router these days. It runs on MIPS core and the OS is based on Linux. But the builtin busybox is very limited. I managed to export a binary of busybox compiled for MIPS through ...
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Run script as root under Busybox?

I have written a shell script that has to be run as root under Busybox. My first thought was to add the script to /etc/busybox.conf like this: /sbin/my_script.sh = ssx root.root But this only works ...
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How to develop a small linux distro?

Since Linux uses open-source packages, I was wondering if I could develop my own Linux distro by compiling these packages. I tried to read the Linux From Scratch book but it's quite big and uses lots ...
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Linux 2.6.32, busybox, Identify physical SD device

I have a USB card reader with two SD card interfaces and two USB ports (so it can also act as a USB hub) all on the same device. I am running an embedded Linux device that is unsupervised in its use ...
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Can I bypass crontab command by putting the file?

I need to create and put my cron file with cat cronfile1 cronfile2 > cronfile crontab cronfile -u myuser This works for me, but I want to know if I can do directly cat cronfile1 cronfile2 > ...
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when does the system send a SIGTERM to a process?

My server program received a SIGTERM and stopped (with exit code 0). I am surprised by this, as I am pretty sure that there was plenty of memory for it. Under what conditions does linux (busybox) send ...
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How does one atomically change a symlink to a directory in busybox?

I am trying to (as close as possibly) atomically change a symlink. I've tried: ln -sf other_dir existing_symlink That just put the new symlink in the directory that existing_symlink pointed to. ln ...
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Trouble getting busybox switch_root to work

I'm working on an embedded ARM Linux system that boots using initramfs. (Here's some background from a couple earlier questions, if you're interested.) So far, thanks in part to help received here, I ...
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How to generate initramfs image with busybox links?

Having been directed to initramfs by an answer to my earlier question (thanks!), I've been working on getting initramfs working. I can now boot the kernel and drop to a shell prompt, where I can ...