Re: [Xlog-discussion] Cwdaemon

[John]

Thank you, Tomi. I have reported my results in your quoted message:

On 09/24/2013 09:54 AM, Tomi Manninen wrote:
> John address@hidden kirjoitti:
> > It's really strange that my init.d and default/cwdaemon don't start 
> > it. Wonder what's going on?
>
> As nobody seems to have addressesd this, I feel the urge to jump in 
> although I have never used cwdaemon...
>
> A script in /etc/init.d and/or a settings file in /etc/defaults 
> doesn't cause the script to be actually ever run.
>
> In traditional sysv init scripts, it's the symbolic links in 
> /etc/rcN.d that actually make daemons be started. Ubuntu nowadays uses 
> is't own Upstart in place of traditional Sysv Init but it has enough 
> backwards compatibility that things still work.
>
> The N in rcN.d refers to the current "runlevel". Again Ubuntu 
> (Upstart) doesn't have runlevels but fakes them so that scripts work.
>
> What I would do is first check that your init script works when 
> invoked manually:
>
> # sudo /etc/init.d/cwdaemon start
address@hidden:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/cwdaemon start
[sudo] password for john:
Removing module lp
Starting Morse daemon: cwdaemonSegmentation fault (core dumped)]


> Then check what (faked) runlevel you are on:
> # runlevel
address@hidden:~$ runlevel
N 2

> It probably says "N 2" which means current (faked) runlevel is 2. Now 
> check that you have a symbolic link in /etc/rc2.d. Something like this:
>
> # ls -l /etc/rc2.d
> ..
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  11 Jan 1  1970 SNNcwdaemon -> ../init.d/cwdaemon
> ..
address@hidden:~$ ls -l /etc/rc2.d
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 677 Jan 30  2013 README
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 Sep 19 13:27 S20cwdaemon -> ../init.d/cwdaemon
.
.

> Here the letter S marks scripts that are *S*tarted when entering 
> runlevel 2. The NN is a number that defines the execution order of the 
> scripts. If the link is missing then you need to make it. I guess the 
> standard way is to call update-rc.d:
> # sudo update-rc.d cwdaemon defaults
It doesn't look as if the symlink is missing, so I didn't pursue the 
above step or the next.

> If that doesn't do it, you can also make the link manually:
>
> # cd /etc/rc2.d
> # ln -s ../init.d/cwdaemon S99cwdaemon
>
> You need to figure out the correct place to start it yourself but I 
> guess 99 should be pretty safe.
>
> If you have the symlink in place already, then forget all about this 
> email and continue to search the answer somewhere else... :)
It looks as if the answer must lie elsewhere, Tomi, unless I'm missing 
something obvious (which is always a possibility).

Thanks very much for jumping in!

--John K3GHH