Re: [Freevo-users] *server start/stop

[James T. <ke...@ya...>]

Yes, I live! And am still using Freevo. Working like a champ, as always. I'm sitting here in a motel in SoCal with the box up in Oregon, and going in through the web interface to add stuff to record that I'll miss while I'm gone. So convenient!

As for how to start up Freevo, my box is a stand-alone unit hooked up to my TV via VGA. I use a set of init scripts derived from the one in ../freevo/contrib/debian. Originally it was one init script that reads /etc/freevo/boot_config for boot-up information. I put it in init.d and set up the proper rcX.d links (this is on Debian) and it's been perfect. You can press the power button and it will boot up and fire up the GUI, then you can press power again (or use Shutdown from the menu) and it will shut down and power off. I can also use the Debian 'invoke-rc.d' to change the states of the servers.

If your Freevo isn't stand-alone, it might still work. There is a line in the boot_config to control how it starts up, and it can start Freevo as a daemon process if it's not a stand-alone setup. I haven't tested this exactly (no need to) but the option is there.

I took the main init script and broke it down into component parts, so now I also have init scripts that control just the front-end gui, just the recordserver and just the webserver. This way while troubleshooting, I can just restart one of the components without having to bounce them all. Individual twiddling has caused some issues... but hopefully the can be resolved in the future.

Anyhow, if anyone is interested, I'd be happy to zip up the scripts and boot_config and post them up here, or you can check out the script in the ../freevo/contrib/debian directory of the distribution.

Cheers!

James