Confused about init scripts expectations

[Jon Trauntvein]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Jon Trauntvein wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am developing a daemon application to handle datalogger communications. 
>> I have developed the init script that is included at the bottom of this
>> mail based upon examples that I found on the web.  This script runs very
>> well from the command line.  However, when I attempt to use the gnome
>> server configuration tool to start csilgrnet, the tool locks up and has to
>> be aborted.  I have searched in vain for guidelines for writing init
>> scripts and have no idea what the gui is looking for and not finding.  Any
>> assistance or advise would be gratefully accepted.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jon Trauntvein
>>
> For a guide to writing them, look at the documentation for the
> initscipts package. The file you are looking for is called
> sysvinitfiles.
> 
> Mikkel

I found the above referenced file and have studied it in detail.  I 
thank you.


My original problem remains, however.  That is, I can execute my script 
on the command line to start and stop the daemon process.  If, however, 
I attempt to start the daemon using the services configuration GUI 
provided by gnome, the gui will lock up and I will have to kill it to 
close it.  I have found, through experimentation, that, if the gui is in 
this locked state, I can actually bring it out by running the script 
from the command line to shut the daemon down.  The gui will then pop up 
a dialogue indicating that the daemon has been started.

I am convinced that my script is finishing because I can see evidence 
that the lock file is being generated by the call to touch.  Again, 
there is absolutely no problem when this script is run from the command 
line or when I am starting or stopping the run level.


Regards,

Jon Trauntvein