# Check boot commandline for specified option
checkbootparam(){
- [ -n "$1" ] || { echo "Error: missing argument to checkbootparam()" ; return 1 }
+ [ -n "$1" ] || ( echo "Error: missing argument to checkbootparam()" ; return 1 )
# make sure we match beginning and end of line as well
# but don't match 'vg' if we want to check for 'vga'
if echo "$CMDLINE" | grep -qw "$1" ; then
config_x_startup(){
# make sure we start X only if startx is used *before* a nostartx option
# so it's possible to disable automatic X startup using nostart
-if checkbootparam 'startx' && ! grep -q 'startx.*nostartx' "$CMDLINE" ; then
+if checkbootparam 'startx' && ! echo "$CMDLINE" | grep -q 'startx.*nostartx' ; then
if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/X ] ; then
if [ -z "$INSTALLED" ] ; then
WINDOWMANAGER="$(getbootparam 'startx' 2>>$DEBUG)"