Firestarter fails on INIT but works after

ConnorBehan · 2007-12-19 18:49:18

I have firestarter as the last daemon in the DAEMONS array in rc.conf. When the init starts, all daemons are loaded except firestarter... it just says [FAIL] with no explanation. If I run /etc/rc.d/firestarter start immediately after that is changes to [DONE] and starts perfectly. I would like to know a possible cause for this, I can't figure out one.

Also when I startx, xfce starts and I have gksu firestarter in my list of autostarted applications. If I startx before running /etc/rc.d/firestarter start, the firestarter GUI will start and not give any problems. Does that mean that it brought up the daemon automatically? I don't see how it's possible to have firestarter working in the GUI without the daemon running.

So I guess this is just a weird quirk as long as I start X most of the time and an annoyance of having to start firestarter manually, those few times that I use the console alone.

Pajaro · 2007-12-19 21:57:17

maybe a depency of firestarter is not loaded at boot time.

try setting firestarter to be the last daemon and to disable background daemon loading

ConnorBehan · 2007-12-20 02:52:22

I already made firestarter the last daemon and if by "disable background daemon loading" you mean make sure no daemons are prefixed by an @ symbol, then I've done that too.

One thing I should add... firestarter DOES work at boot time only if the previous shut down failed and I had to press the power button (because of a bug in r128 DRI). If the previous shut down went well, firestarter does this weird thing that requires two tries.

Last edited by ConnorBehan (2007-12-20 02:56:15)

hacosta · 2007-12-20 03:01:22

file a bug report

ST.x · 2008-02-28 05:06:10

Also try this method http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=542756
I just installed firestarter on arch and used that method when I used it on ubuntu gutsy. First ill check whether if mine fails to start as well before applying that method.

Last edited by ST.x (2008-02-28 05:06:52)

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#1 2007-12-19 18:49:18

Firestarter fails on INIT but works after

#2 2007-12-19 21:57:17

Re: Firestarter fails on INIT but works after

#3 2007-12-20 02:52:22

Re: Firestarter fails on INIT but works after

#4 2007-12-20 03:01:22

Re: Firestarter fails on INIT but works after

#5 2008-02-28 05:06:10

Re: Firestarter fails on INIT but works after

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