Re: daemons, init.d, and console output experts

[David M.Besonen <davidb@panix.com>]

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 13:08:18 -0700, David M.Besonen <davidb@panix.com>
wrote:

>problem.  modem works fine when i (as root) use the debian script
>included with slmodem-2.9.6.tar.gz or when i start the daemon manually

here's that script for easy reference:

#!/bin/sh
#
# slmodemd:    Starts the SmartLink Modem Daemon
#
# chkconfig: 345 90 10
# description: This is the user space part of the SmartLink Modem
driver
# processname: slmodemd
# config: /etc/sysconfig/slmodem

# Source function library.
#. /etc/init.d/functions

NAME=slmodemd
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/slmodemd
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
RETVAL=0

# Default configuration
SLMODEMD_DEVICE=slamr0
SLMODEMD_COUNTRY=USA

# Test presence of daemon binary
test -f $DAEMON || exit 0

# Source configuration
CONFIG=/etc/default/$NAME
if [ -f $CONFIG ]; then
        . $CONFIG
else
  echo "
#
# This is the default configuration for the slmodem driver daemon
# running on Debian systems.
#	
# Edit device node and country code here ... 
#
# possible country codes are:
#
#   USA
#   GERMANY
#   BELGIUM
#   etc.
#   
#  use \'$DAEMON --countrylist\' to check out other countries
#

SLMODEMD_DEVICE=$SLMODEMD_DEVICE
SLMODEMD_COUNTRY=$SLMODEMD_COUNTRY
" > $CONFIG
fi

# uncomment this if you want this feature (if necessary edit module
pattern):
# do not try to start on a kernel which does not support it
grep 'slamr\..*o' /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep > /dev/null || {
\

  echo "SmartLink modem driver not supported by Kernel `uname -r`.
Exiting ..."
  exit 0

}

start() {
        cat /proc/modules | grep 'slamr' >/dev/null || { 
	  echo -n "Loading SmartLink Modem driver into kernel ... " 
	  modprobe slamr && echo "done." || { i
	    echo "failed."
	    exit -1
	  }
	}
 	echo -n "Starting SmartLink Modem driver for:
$SLMODEMD_DEVICE"
	start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON
--make-pidfile --background --quiet -- -c $SLMODEMD_COUNTRY
/dev/$SLMODEMD_DEVICE
	RETVAL=$?
}

stop() {
	echo -n "Shutting down SmartLink Modem driver normally"
	ps -A | grep $NAME >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && {
          start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec
$DAEMON ||
	  {
  	    echo " probably failed."
 	    echo -n "Trying it the hard way (send SIGKILL all $NAME
processes): " 
	    killall -KILL $NAME
	    /bin/true
	    RETVAL=0
	  } 
	} || { echo -n " ... no $NAME daemon running"; RETVAL=0; }
	
}

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
	start
	;;
  stop)
	stop
	;;
  restart|reload)
	stop
        echo ""
        rm $PIDFILE
	start
	;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart}"
	exit 1
esac

									
if [ $? == 0 ]; then
  echo "."
  if [ $1 == "stop" ]; then
    rm $PIDFILE &>/dev/null
  fi
  exit 0
else
  echo " failed."
  exit -1
fi