--- nslu2-linksys-ramdisk-2.3r63/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.orig     2006-03-01 17:55:20.000000000 -0600
+++ nslu2-linksys-ramdisk-2.3r63/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit  2006-03-01 18:25:06.000000000 -0600
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@
 mkdir -p /var/log/samba >/dev/null
 touch /var/log/server.log >/dev/null
 chmod 755 /var/log/samba >/dev/null
+
+# Clean up /var/lock and /var/run (fixes bug where USB_Detect fails),
+# and empty utmp and wtmp (but do not create them if they don't exist).
+rm -f /var/run/*.pid
+rm -f /var/lock/samba/*.pid
+rm -f /var/lock/ds_diag
+if ( [ -f /var/run/utmp ] ) ; then
+  > /var/run/utmp
+fi
+if ( [ -f /var/log/wtmp ] ) ; then
+  > /var/log/wtmp
+fi
+
 /bin/echo  "Starting Hostname :"; hostname  ${HOSTNAME}; check_status
 #/bin/echo  "Starting System Log :"; . /etc/rc.d/rc.syslogd
 /bin/echo  "Starting Modules :"; . /etc/rc.d/rc.modules