upstart'ing helloworld

[LAS_VEGAS]

I created a helloworld application using ESbox and installed it on the device. The application works fine when I type the following in x terminal:

~ $ which helloworld
/usr/bin/helloworld
~ $ helloworld

Now I want to add it to startup so that it runs automaticaly after the boot. I created a upstart script named "helloworld" in /etc/event.d/ as root and I also did:

"chmod +x helloworld"

The /etc/event.d/helloworld file is like this:

start on runlevel 4
start on startup

console none

exec /usr/bin/helloworld

service # tried also commenting this out but no success

After I restart the phone, I open a X terminal window and when I type the following I get:

/etc/event.d # initctl list helloworld
initctl: No jobs matching 'helloworld'
/etc/event.d #

Any ideas why my app has not started?

[divanov]

You are using sysvinit script, which is supported by upstart.
After creating the script you have to register with the command:

update-rc.d helloworld defaults

It will create symlinks in corresponding /etc/rc*.d/ directories.

See manual page of update-rc.d for the details:
http://www.tin.org/bin/man.cgi?secti...ic=update-rc.d

[LAS_VEGAS]

You are using sysvinit script, which is supported by upstart.
After creating the script you have to register with the command:

update-rc.d helloworld defaults

It will create symlinks in corresponding /etc/rc*.d/ directories.

See manual page of update-rc.d for the details:
http://www.tin.org/bin/man.cgi?secti...ic=update-rc.d

I get this error:

update-rc.d helloworld defaults
/etc/init.d/helloworld: file does not exist

I don't have an init.d script, I am trying to do this using only upstart.

[divanov]

And what happens if you try:

start helloworld

?

[LAS_VEGAS]

I have changed the script in /etc/event.d/helloworld, to make it simpler, like this:

start on runlevel 2

console output

script
      echo "helloworld" > /tmp/helloworld.out
      date >> /tmp/helloworld.out
end script

And when I start the script manually

/home/user # start helloworld
(start) waiting
(start) starting
(start) pre-start
(start) spawned, process 1836
(start) post-start, (main) process 1836
(start) running, process 1836
(stop) running
(stop) stopping
(stop) killed
(stop) post-stop
(stop) waiting
/home/user #

After this the file /tmp/helloworld.out is created and says "helloworld" and the date. Then I remove it and reboot the phone, and check again, but there is no such file there.

[divanov]

I have changed the script in /etc/event.d/helloworld, to make it simpler, like this:

start on runlevel 2

Change it to

start on startup

and for exec it's probably the best to use:

start on started hildon-desktop

[LAS_VEGAS]

OK I did that but no success

start on startup

console output

script
      echo "helloworld" > /tmp/helloworld.out
      date >> /tmp/helloworld.out
end script

[divanov]

OK I did that but no success

start on startup

console output

script
      echo "helloworld" > /tmp/helloworld.out
      date >> /tmp/helloworld.out
end script

Your script works. There is a message in syslog that script cannot write to not mounted partition.

[LAS_VEGAS]

OK, I got it work. It was ranning too early. I changed "start on" line and it worked. Thanks a lot!