Capitalize package names. Patch up a clumsy sentence. Change an

instance of the imperative mood to the indicative. Improve the
description of the "halt" and "init" programs.

chapter08/sysklogd.xml

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
   <sect2 role="package">
     <title/>
 
-    <para>The sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages,
+    <para>The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages,
-    such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para>
+    such as those emitted by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para>
 
     <segmentedlist>
       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Sysklogd</title>
 
-    <para>First, fix problems that causes a segmentation fault under
+    <para>First, fix a problem that causes a segmentation fault in klogd
-    some conditions in klogd and fix an obsolete program construct:</para>
+    under some conditions, and fix an obsolete program construct:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/Error loading kernel symbols/{n;n;d}' ksym_mod.c
 sed -i 's/union wait/int/' syslogd.c</userinput></screen>

chapter08/sysvinit.xml

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="fstab-decode">
         <term><command>fstab-decode</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Run a command with fstab-encoded arguments</para>
+          <para>Runs a command with fstab-encoded arguments</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit fstab-decode">
             <primary sortas="b-fstab-decode">fstab-decode</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@
         <term><command>halt</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Normally invokes <command>shutdown</command> with the
-          <parameter>-h</parameter> option, except when already in run-level 0,
+          <parameter>-h</parameter> option, but when already in run-level 0,
-          then it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the
+          it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the
-          file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is being
+          file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is 
-          brought down</para>
+          going down</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit halt-sysv">
             <primary sortas="b-halt">halt</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@
         <term><command>init</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>The first process to be started when the kernel has initialized
-          the hardware which takes over the boot process and starts all the
+          the hardware; it takes over the boot process and starts all the
-          proceses specified in its configuration file</para>
+          processes specified in its configuration file</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit init-sysv">
             <primary sortas="b-init">init</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
         <term><command>killall5</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Sends a signal to all processes, except the processes in its own
-          session so it will not kill its parent shell</para>
+          session; it will not kill its parent shell</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit killall5">
             <primary sortas="b-killall5">killall5</primary>
           </indexterm>