[Dxspider-support] Ubuntu 9.10 autostart

[Mike McCarthy, W1NR]

It looks as though Ubuntu has changed the initialization scripts AGAIN!
This, along with it's lousy package manager is why I have avoided Ubuntu.

Mike, W1NR
P.S. I'm sticking with SuSE.


Fulvio Galli wrote:
> Ciao Ian,
> I'm sorry.. .
> By searching on the net, it seems that Ubunto latest version ha replaced init.d with upstart.
> Does this link help you debug your problem ?
>
> http://forum.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=24454
>
> Vy 73 de HB9DHG Fulvio
>
> On Nov 22, 2009, at 7:49 PM, Ian Maude wrote:
>
>   
>> As I said, there is no event.d
>>
>> 73 Ian
>>
>> 2009/11/22 Fulvio Galli <hb9dhg at ticino.com>
>> Hello Ian,
>> I'm assuming Ubuntu 9.10 is using kernel 2.6 (I running dxspider under Fedora 10)
>>
>> Try to use the /etc/event.d folder.
>>
>> I'm using it without any problem.
>> Here is my dxspider file under that directory:
>>
>> #DXSpider startup script
>> #
>> # This service maintains a getty on tty6 from the point the system is
>> # started until it is shut down again.
>>
>> start on runlevel 3
>>
>> stop on runlevel 0
>> stop on runlevel 1
>> stop on runlevel 2
>> stop on runlevel 4
>> stop on runlevel 5
>> stop on runlevel 6
>>
>> respawn
>> exec /bin/su - sysop -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" >/dev/tty6
>>
>> Let me know if I can be of further help.
>>
>> Fulvio HB9DHG
>> Sysop HB9ON Dxspider Cluster
>> http://www.hb9dhg.ch
>> http://www.hb9on.org
>>
>>
>> On Nov 22, 2009, at 6:56 PM, Ian Maude wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ian Maude <maudeij at googlemail.com>
>>> To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
>>> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:04:43 +0000
>>> Subject: [Dxspider-support] Ubuntu 9.10 autostart
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> My cluster machine has died and I am in the process of rebuilding.  I have the cluster running but I cannot find how to autostart it in 9.10.  event.d is not there in /etc.  Has anyone any ideas please?
>>>
>>> 73 Ian
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ian J Maude, G0VGS
>>> SysOp GB7MBC & HB9DRV-9 DX Clusters
>>> Member RSGB, GQRP 9838, FISTS 14077 | K3 #455
>>> http://www.amateurradiotraining.org
>>>
>>>