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b0unc3	2010-03-19 , 18:33
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Hi,

I have a little troubles using autostart to let my application starts automatically.
If I read correctly the autostart documentation the only thing I need to do is to write a script in /etc/event.d/ directory, and I've doing it so :

Code:

respawn
console none

start on started xsession
stop on stopping shutdown

exec /usr/bin/myapp

after that I rebooted, but the app still doesn't run automatically. By executing initctl list, I see my script in that list so I try initctl start myscript
there is the output:

Code:

myscript (start) waiting
myscript (start) starting
myscript (start) pre-start
myscript (start) spawned, process 2194
myscript (start) post-start, (main) process 2194
myscript (start) running, process 2194

The output seems quite good but, by running a ps I didn't see such a PID and my app is not running.
Any hint will be appreciated

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	VDVsx	2010-03-19 , 19:00
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Try this:

Code:

respawn
console none

start on started xsession
stop on stopping shutdown

script
  exec /usr/bin/myapp
end script

Note that can be a problem in your app, if it is crashing upstart might kick it and ignore the respawn flag.

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b0unc3	2010-03-20 , 17:19
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Originally Posted by VDVsx

Try this:
Code:
respawn
console none

start on started xsession
stop on stopping shutdown

script
  exec /usr/bin/myapp
end script
Note that can be a problem in your app, if it is crashing upstart might kick it and ignore the respawn flag.

Yes, there was a problem in my app that segfaults somewhere (especially when called by upstart)