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mark edward grimm

4 Nov 2006 4 Nov '06

2:47 p.m.

hey all,

...relative newbie at the linux stuff so..

I'm trying to run a patch when the system boots (at the end of my boot cycle) so all I will have to do is plug in the system, turn it on and everything will boot..

I took a look at this thread: http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2004-10/022984.html

and gave it a whirl with no luck on ubuntu... it seems like there should be an easier way to do this.

I have a patch in my home folder so "~/FOO.PATCH.pd" and my script is in my home folder "~/FOO_PATCH.sh"

if i type "sh ~/FOO_PATCH.sh" anywhere it boots pd, my libs, and my patch fine. BTW my pd launch tags:

pd -nogui -noaudio -lib zexy -lib maxlib -open ~/FOO_PATCH.pd

So I should just be able to reference the the "~/FOO_PATCH.sh" at the end of my booting and pd and the patch should load correct?

I search the internet as to where and how to do this but alas have failed!

Am I doing this correctly? I tried inserting a line like "sh ~/FOO_PATCH.sh" in rc.local with no luck. And I've tried a couple other things with no luck either...

Hopefully I was clear enough...

I if I get it to work I will do a little write up so that other newbies like me can do this...

cheers mark

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Yves Degoyon

4 Nov 4 Nov

3:21 p.m.

ola,

...

Am I doing this correctly? I tried inserting a line like "sh ~/FOO_PATCH.sh" in rc.local with no luck. And I've tried a couple other things with no luck either...

yes, because he doesn't know what ~ means at that stage, put rather :

/home/<username>/FOO_PATCH.sh

and it should start.

suerte, sevy

derek holzer

3:34 p.m.

Hi Mark,

mark edward grimm wrote:

...

I took a look at this thread: http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2004-10/022984.html

and gave it a whirl with no luck on ubuntu... it seems like there should be an easier way to do this.

I took a bunch of notes from various sources on this. Almost all are from posts on the PD list, however I don't have the authors names attached anymore. Apologies to the original posters!

But anyway, you should be able to find a solution somewhere in these suggestions! It largely depends on whether or not you are running X (which I imagine on a server you are not!)

best, d.

to autostart on linux

put a symlink in your rc3.d (or with whatever runlevel you boot by default, this is set in /etc/inittab)

called S19pd_start (any number, but be sure, all other important processes are started before/lower numbers...) to a script named pd_start

linux then calls this script with the argument "start" when booting. the script "pd_start" looks like:

################################# beginning of script #############################

#! /bin/sh

# Check for missing binaries (stale symlinks should not happen) PD_BIN=/usr/local/pd/bin/pd test -x $PD_BIN || exit 5

case "$1" in start) echo -n "Starting PD" ## Start daemon with startproc(8). If this fails ## the return value is set appropriately by startproc. /usr/local/pd/bin/pd -nogui -noadc -audiobuf 20 -r 22050
-lib /usr/local/lib/pd/pdp/pdp
-lib /usr/local/lib/pd/externs/zexy
-path /home/marius
-path /usr/local/lib/pd/pdp
-path /usr/local/lib/pd/externs/zexy
/home/marius/application.pd & ;; ## mind the &!!! stop) echo -n "Shutting down FOO " ## Stop daemon with killproc(8) and if this fails ## killproc sets the return value according to LSB.

   kill 'cat /var/run/pd.pid'
   ;;

 restart)
   ## Stop the service and regardless of whether it was
   ## running or not, start it again.
   $0 stop
   $0 start
   ;;

 *)
   echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
   exit 1
   ;;

esac

################################## end of script #######################

-- /etc/rc.d/rc.local: #!/bin/sh echo -n "starting pd..." PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin /usr/local/bin/pd_start

-- -- /usr/local/bin/pd_start: #! /bin/sh echo -n "starting pd..." PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin cd /home/glui pd -verbose -nogui -nomidi
-lib /usr/lib/pd/extra/OSC
-lib /usr/lib/pd/extra/zexy
-open /home/glui/proj/LIDARmacher/pd/GPlayerStereo.pd & -- ######################## make an ".xinitrc" file in your home directory. in it put something like: hdspmixer & you can also safely put other stuff in there if you like: jackd -d alsa & pd -jack mypathc.pd & xterm but you might be better off doing this in some other star script and killing X after you know hdspmixer has been run. you only need to run hdspmixer once - this initializes the card somehow. --------- to login to X automagically use mingetty on tty1 with the option --autologin you set that in /etc/inittab mine says this: 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 change it to something like this: 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --autologin myusername tty1 where "myusername" is the name you want to log into. then in .bash_profile under "myusername", you'll want somthing to automatically startx, like this: if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]; then startx fi ################### Using this script you can run Pd as a daemon: scripts/debian/init.d/pd That means you can do this kind of stuff: /etc/init.d/pd start /etc/init.d/pd stop /etc/init.d/pd restart You'll most likely need to use it in -nogui mode, but it does that by default. You can configure which user account pd runs as also. If you have root access, you can run pd as any user, otherwise you'll have to run it as yourself. ######################## -- derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ---Oblique Strategy # 75: "Ghost echoes"

mark edward grimm

4 p.m.

thanks derek!

This all looks very promising! I will try some of this later tonight and i will let the list know what works... (unless someone already knows what works:)

...no im not running X. its optimized to run with just a power cord and and network cord :)

best mark

--- derek holzer derek@x-i.net wrote:

...

Hi Mark,

mark edward grimm wrote:

...
I took a look at this thread:

http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2004-10/022984.html

...

...
and gave it a whirl with no luck on ubuntu... it

seems

...
like there should be an easier way to do this.

I took a bunch of notes from various sources on this. Almost all are from posts on the PD list, however I don't have the authors names attached anymore. Apologies to the original posters!

But anyway, you should be able to find a solution somewhere in these suggestions! It largely depends on whether or not you are running X (which I imagine on a server you are not!)

best, d.

to autostart on linux

put a symlink in your rc3.d (or with whatever runlevel you boot by default, this is set in /etc/inittab)

called S19pd_start (any number, but be sure, all other important processes are started before/lower numbers...) to a script named pd_start

linux then calls this script with the argument "start" when booting. the script "pd_start" looks like:

################################# beginning of script #############################

#! /bin/sh

# Check for missing binaries (stale symlinks should not happen) PD_BIN=/usr/local/pd/bin/pd test -x $PD_BIN || exit 5

case "$1" in start) echo -n "Starting PD" ## Start daemon with startproc(8). If this fails ## the return value is set appropriately by startproc. /usr/local/pd/bin/pd -nogui -noadc -audiobuf 20 -r 22050
-lib /usr/local/lib/pd/pdp/pdp
-lib /usr/local/lib/pd/externs/zexy
-path /home/marius
-path /usr/local/lib/pd/pdp
-path /usr/local/lib/pd/externs/zexy
/home/marius/application.pd & ;; ## mind the &!!! stop) echo -n "Shutting down FOO " ## Stop daemon with killproc(8) and if this fails ## killproc sets the return value according to LSB.
   kill 'cat /var/run/pd.pid'
   ;;

 restart)
   ## Stop the service and regardless of whether
it was ## running or not, start it again. $0 stop $0 start ;;
 *)
   echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
   exit 1
   ;;
esac

################################## end of script #######################

-- /etc/rc.d/rc.local: #!/bin/sh echo -n "starting pd..." PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin /usr/local/bin/pd_start --

-- /usr/local/bin/pd_start: #! /bin/sh echo -n "starting pd..." PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin cd /home/glui pd -verbose -nogui -nomidi
-lib /usr/lib/pd/extra/OSC
-lib /usr/lib/pd/extra/zexy
-open /home/glui/proj/LIDARmacher/pd/GPlayerStereo.pd & --

########################

make an ".xinitrc" file in your home directory. in it put something like:

hdspmixer &

you can also safely put other stuff in there if you like:

jackd -d alsa & pd -jack mypathc.pd & xterm

but you might be better off doing this in some other star script and killing X after you know hdspmixer has been run.
you only need to run hdspmixer once - this initializes the card somehow.

to login to X automagically

use mingetty on tty1 with the option --autologin you set that in /etc/inittab

mine says this: 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1

change it to something like this: 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --autologin myusername tty1

where "myusername" is the name you want to log into.

then in .bash_profile under "myusername", you'll want somthing to automatically startx, like this:

if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]; then startx fi

###################

Using this script you can run Pd as a daemon:

scripts/debian/init.d/pd

That means you can do this kind of stuff:

/etc/init.d/pd start /etc/init.d/pd stop /etc/init.d/pd restart

You'll most likely need to use it in -nogui mode, but it does that by default. You can configure which user account pd runs

=== message truncated ===

mark edward grimm

7 Nov 7 Nov

4:54 a.m.

New subject: Starting a PD Patch on ubuntu-server on Boot/Startup Tutorial

Thanks for the suggestions on this list. Took me a couple days of messing around. The following worked the best for me. Hope this helps someone in need!

mark

I put the following script named "pd_start" in /etc/init.d/

################################# beginning of script #############################

#! /bin/sh

# Check for missing binaries (stale symlinks should not happen) PD_BIN=/usr/bin/pd test -x $PD_BIN || exit 5

case "$1" in start) echo -n "Starting PD" ## Start daemon with startproc(8). If this fails ## the return value is set appropriately by startproc. /usr/bin/pd -nogui -noaudio
-lib /usr/lib/pd/extra/zexy
-lib /usr/lib/pd/extra/maxlib
-path /usr/lib/pd/extra
-path /home/mark
/home/mark/netpd_server.pd & ;; ## mind the &!! stop) echo -n "Shutting down NetPd Server" ## Stop daemon with killproc(8) and it this fails ## killproc sets the return value according to LSB

    kill 'cat /var/run/pd.pid'
    ;;

  restart)
    ## Stop the service and regardless of whether

it was ## running or not, start it again $0 stop $0 start ;;

    *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
    exit 1
    ;;

esac

################################## end of script #######################

Then I changed the permissions on the file:

$ sudo chmod 755 pd_start

Then I ran the following command:

$ sudo update-rc.d -f pd_start start 99 2 3 4 5 .

Where:

start is the argument given to the script (start,

stop).

99 is the start order of the script (1 = first one,

99= last one)

2 3 4 5 are the runlevels to start

It is important NOT to forget the "." period at the end! More info in /etc/rcS.d/README.

After hitting enter I get this:

Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/pd_start ... /etc/rc2.d/S99pd_start -> ../init.d/pd_start /etc/rc3.d/S99pd_start -> ../init.d/pd_start /etc/rc4.d/S99pd_start -> ../init.d/pd_start /etc/rc5.d/S99pd_start -> ../init.d/pd_start

Then I do this to stop my script at shutdown:

$ sudo update-rc.d -f pd_start reboot 90 0 6 .

It is important NOT to forget the "." period at the end! After hitting enter I get this:

usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN] update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] . -n: not really -f: force

Then I restart the server to see if it works!

$ sudo shutdown -r now

AND IT DOES!!!

To know which runlevel you are running, simply type $ runlevel

more info about runlevels here : http://oldfield.wattle.id.au/luv/boot.html#init

This 'HowTo' was compiled using a suggestion from 'samyboy' at:

http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/09/07/adding-a-startup-script-to-be-run-at-...

and a thread from the 'pure-data' list at:

http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2006-11/043742.html

mark edward grimm | m.f.a | ed.m
megrimm.net | socialmediagroup.org & .com
meg156@columbia.edu | 585.509.8703 ______________________________

Roman Haefeli

1:40 p.m.

New subject: Starting a PD Patch on ubuntu-server on Boot/Startup Tutorial

hi mark

this is great!!! thanks a lot for sharing your work!

grz roman

On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 19:54 -0800, mark edward grimm wrote:

...

Thanks for the suggestions on this list. Took me a couple days of messing around. The following worked the best for me. Hope this helps someone in need!

mark

I put the following script named "pd_start" in /etc/init.d/

################################# beginning of script #############################

#! /bin/sh

# Check for missing binaries (stale symlinks should not happen) PD_BIN=/usr/bin/pd test -x $PD_BIN || exit 5

case "$1" in start) echo -n "Starting PD" ## Start daemon with startproc(8). If this fails ## the return value is set appropriately by startproc. /usr/bin/pd -nogui -noaudio
-lib /usr/lib/pd/extra/zexy
-lib /usr/lib/pd/extra/maxlib
-path /usr/lib/pd/extra
-path /home/mark
/home/mark/netpd_server.pd & ;; ## mind the &!! stop) echo -n "Shutting down NetPd Server" ## Stop daemon with killproc(8) and it this fails ## killproc sets the return value according to LSB
    kill 'cat /var/run/pd.pid'
    ;;

  restart)
    ## Stop the service and regardless of whether
it was ## running or not, start it again $0 stop $0 start ;;
    *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

################################## end of script #######################

Then I changed the permissions on the file:

$ sudo chmod 755 pd_start

Then I ran the following command:

$ sudo update-rc.d -f pd_start start 99 2 3 4 5 .

Where:

start is the argument given to the script (start,

stop).

99 is the start order of the script (1 = first one,

99= last one)

2 3 4 5 are the runlevels to start

It is important NOT to forget the "." period at the end! More info in /etc/rcS.d/README.

After hitting enter I get this:

Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/pd_start ... /etc/rc2.d/S99pd_start -> ../init.d/pd_start /etc/rc3.d/S99pd_start -> ../init.d/pd_start /etc/rc4.d/S99pd_start -> ../init.d/pd_start /etc/rc5.d/S99pd_start -> ../init.d/pd_start

Then I do this to stop my script at shutdown:

$ sudo update-rc.d -f pd_start reboot 90 0 6 .

It is important NOT to forget the "." period at the end! After hitting enter I get this:

usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN] update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] . -n: not really -f: force

Then I restart the server to see if it works!

$ sudo shutdown -r now

AND IT DOES!!!

To know which runlevel you are running, simply type $ runlevel

more info about runlevels here : http://oldfield.wattle.id.au/luv/boot.html#init

This 'HowTo' was compiled using a suggestion from 'samyboy' at:

http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/09/07/adding-a-startup-script-to-be-run-at-...

and a thread from the 'pure-data' list at:

http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2006-11/043742.html

mark edward grimm | m.f.a | ed.m
megrimm.net | socialmediagroup.org & .com
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