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Shutdown slow: unknown job s35networking

Since I've upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 from 12.04 LTS, I get this error when I shutdown the pc: rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8) utility service S35 ...
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Why can't we remove bluetooth service the reguler way?

The usual way to remove services from startup scripts is to remove it from starting up in the first place (man update-rc.d). Meaning removing the symbolic link to /lib/init. In this case executing ...
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Is $RUN a built in command to execute?

I have a .sh script that starts a java service of mine (I didn't write this). Can someone explain how this actually executes? start() { .. .. # setup classpath . $ROOT/bin/_cp.sh ...
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Simplest way to make a command run after system reboot

I have a server which exists to run one little Django application. If the server reboots, I want Django to start again: nohup /opt/myapp/manage.py runserver ... I'm having trouble finding a simple ...
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How to move over from init.d to upstart for nginx

I have an init.d script for nginx that normally works fine. However, after a reboot it doesn't work properly and the worker process would die leaving just the master process. nginx has some mongodb ...
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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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Apache doesnt start after upgrade to 12.10

during the upgrade process I was wondered for "replace init.d", and I said "keep", not replace. Now, apache2 is not working. I tried removing and upgrading again, but doesnt start. I have this error ...
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Boot order of MySQL

I have a conflict with two programs in Ubuntu 10.04. I have configured an init.d file that boots up a program. However, this program requires MySQL to be running before it starts. When I boot the ...
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vncserver in rc.local will not run at boot

I'm using /etc/rc.local and here is the current contents: Okay, for some reason the formatting here isn't making a codeblock and instead is making everything bold and 3x the size. Those who are able, ...
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Alternative way to start mysql server other than upstart?

I have a chrooted 10.04 LTS installation on a NAS, it works great but breaks Upstart very badly. MySQL only works via Upstart these days, so I created a workaround to start like this: dtach -n ...
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Customizing upstart “restart” commands

I'd like to run a different command when upstart is restarting a process than when it is starting a process. In particular, I'm using Thin and I want to do a rolling restart (built in to thin via a ...
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Managing dependency across Upstart and SysV-style init.d script

I have an Upstart job that must run before a SysV-style init.d script runs. The init.d script is configured to be started in the runlevels 2, 3, 4 and 5 with priority 20. What can I do to have the ...
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Upstart Jobs and init.d scripts not launching

I'm working on an Ubuntu based browser distro that is meant to be ran live. Part of the security solution is to use sdmem when it shuts down. sdmem wipes the available ram and is found in the ...
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How do I get Upstart to start my Mediatomb service?

I've been struggling, trying to get my Mediatomb server to start automatically on Upstart run level 2. I can't figure it out. I guess Upstart is still new to me and I don't understand it. I even ...
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Where do I put my start up script for mysql?

I have created a second instance of MySQL on the server for replication, if I start the process manually it works but need it to start at bootup. I used to just do a bash script in the init.d folder ...
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How do I set up a service?

I have a script that I would like to run as a service on my Ubuntu Server 11.04 headless box. That is, I want to have the correct files under /etc/init.d/ and to be able to control it via the service ...
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How to start and stop a service? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What’s the recommended way to enable / disable services? Are there any other command to start stop restart service in ubuntu other than the below following. service ...
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What's the recommended way to enable / disable services?

I read about how to enable and disable services in Ubuntu and it seems that there are different possibilities to manage them. The first method I found is update-rc.d to add new services to startup, ...
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Is init.d “safe” enough to use or should i use `runit` or `daemontools` on a server

I am looking to deploy my application on a server on which I would have no access in the future. I would like to have an indication of start-up errors generated by my program in particular and the ...