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Am I using upstart correctly?
I'm trying to write a startup script for my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop that pings my Netgear router every 30 seconds (this is necessary as a nasty workaround for a separate problem I'm having). I read this ...
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Problem sourcing variables inside Upstart
I'm trying to use the variables defined in /etc/environment in an upstart script running on 12.04.
I'm able to export the variable to the child process but for some reason I not able to use them in ...
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Strange firefox problems when started by xinit
when I start firefox console via:
xinit /usr/bin/firefox
firefox is not working properly:
html select elements does not work (unable to change default value)
after opening local pages (I.e. ...
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How is nbd-server supposed to start at boot time under Ubuntu 12.04?
So, a client upgraded from 10.04 to 12.04 on a whim. Suddenly things didn't work. They have a couple old machines that they use as terminals with LTSP. After the upgrade they couldn't get the ...
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alternative of “chkconfig” command in Ubuntu 12.04 or lower
How to use chkconfig --list in Ubuntu .
It's asking for install this but I don't have privilege to install any package on the server and have to fix the issue.
As I am working with redhat/Centos, but ...
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How can I tell upstart to restart a service when a different service is restarted?
I've an OpenERP server running on one of my servers. It's started by a traditional /etc/init.d/ script. It uses a PostgreSQL database and needs a manual restart every time PostgreSQL is restarted.
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How to Debug when upstart hangs?
I have recently much trouble with services started by upstart. Currently I have problems with avahi-daemon and rsyslogd. Most of the time i had that problem on Ubuntu >= 12.04.
What's the problem? If ...
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Upstart pushback unexpected error, is it a bug?
This is on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS with upstart versions 1.5-0ubuntu7.1 and 1.5-0ubuntu7.2.
These updates were pushed back mid release and break every machine from the company I host with.
I am not sure ...
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Allow non-sudo group to control Upstart job
I'm trying to set up an Upstart job to run on system startup, and that can also be started/stopped by members of a group other than sudo. With a previous version, I usedupdate-rc.d and scripts stored ...
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Postgresql - configuring as Upstart job problem
I need Postgresql configured to start with the Upstart system because i use Upstarts events to start another app which depends on pgsql to be running. This is the tutorial/script i've used:
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Ubuntu 12.04, why service procps start doesn't start procps?
I have been trying to get some settings in /etc/sysctl.conf to take effect upon rebooting. So, I did the following as the root user on this node running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit
# service procps ...
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What is the current state of Ubuntu's transition from init scripts to Upstart?
What is the current state of Ubuntu's transition from init.d scripts to upstart? I was curious, so I compared the contents of /etc/init.d/ to /etc/init/ on one of our development machines, which is ...
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reliably restarting services using upstart or runit
I want to reliably restart my app and web server processes on crash.
If I understand correctly, runit starts every service as a child process. If the child process crashes this sends a signal to the ...
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Remove services from upstart
I have mysql installed (from repos) on a development machine (laptop) and I don't need the daemon running on every boot. I've copied /etc/init/mysql.conf to /etc/init/mysql.conf.old and then removed ...
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How do I start certain services only when needed?
I have a laptop. I use it for web+email a lot, and then some days for web development. Using it for the latter, I need apache2 and mysql server running, but normally I do not.
I'd like a normal boot ...
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How do I correct items that are now upstart jobs but still have an entry in /etc/init.d?
How do I correct items that are now upstart jobs but still have an entry in /etc/init.d? I have an ubuntu 12.04 machine which complains in the boot.log file like:
Since the script you are ...
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How does dhclient get called under 12.04
In my 12.04 Precise install, when I boot the system, or when I plug in an ethernet cable, dhclient isn't run automatically on my wired eth0 connection. I have no running dhclient daemon. When I run ...
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user upstart job in ~/.init/ is not found
Running 12.04, I have the following upstart job in ~/.init/:
# myjob
start on net-device-up
stop on [!12345]
script
echo ">> hello from user script" >> ~/tmp/upstart.log
end script
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Starting a user-space program as non-root user at boot with upstart
Is there a method to set up an upstart script to execute a user-space program without keeping root privileges, but so the user which has directory/permissions-based ownership of the program can ...
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Why does Upstart need `setgid` when I have `setuid` and the user is a member of the group?
I'm attempting to configure Upstart to run a small utility that needs to access a tty as a system-wide daemon. When run from the command-line, the utility remains in the foreground and doesn't exit ...
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Squid3 fails to start on boot
Squid3 does not start automatically on boot, in some cases. I have start it manually with sudo service squid3 start.
Any reason why?
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After Upgrading to 12.04 I can't get to the login screen
I cannot go pass the black screen and the following shows up on my screen after upgrading and rebooting with the Ubuntu update manager from 11.10 to 12.04:
ata_id [27]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for ...
