Issues with starting and stopping gpm via init.d

[SamK]

TC: v4.7.5
gpm: OnBoot (default configuration used)

Following a reboot, commands run as root


Obtain status of gpm

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ps | grep gpm
... root     grep gpmgpm is not running.


Start gpm via init.d

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/usr/local/etc/init.d/gpm start
gpm is already running


ps | grep gpm
... root     grep gpmExpected message, "Starting gpm."
gpm is not running.


Start gpm at the command line using standard configuration

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gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t ps2


ps | grep gpm
... root     gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t ps2
... root     grep gpmgpm is running


Kill the X-server and load Midnight Commander. 
Mouse works as expected.


Stop gpm via init.d

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/usr/local/etc/init.d/gpm stop
Killed


ps | grep gpm
... root     grep gpmgpm successfully stopped.


Again stop gpm via init.d

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/usr/local/etc/init.d/gpm stop
KilledExpected message, "gpm was not running, no process killed."



Edit: added expected message

[famousbirds]

Resurrecting this one since I have experienced this issue and have a fix:

The init.d/gpm script is broken on lines 9 and 27.

Currently it reads:

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if ps | awk '{print $3}' | grep -e "gpm" >/dev/null; then

This is incorrect, since the script is also called "gpm"!  So it will find its own entry and abort.

Instead, the code should read:

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if ps | awk '{print $3}' | grep -e "/usr/local/sbin/gpm" >/dev/null; then

This will ensure searching for current gpm processes identifies the actual gpm executable, not the init.d script.  This is in keeping with the many explicit references to /usr/local/sbin/gpm in the rest of the script.

Otherwise, gpm will never actually be started.  Spent a minute scratching my head over this one.

I am happy to submit this fix more formally - is posting in the forums the official method, or is there some place I can submit a pull request?

Thanks!

[Misalf]

Aha! Thanks.

For submitting extensions see here:
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:creating_extensions#submission

[famousbirds]

Ah thanks, submitted.

[Greg Erskine]

Resurrecting this one since I have experienced this issue and have a fix:

The init.d/gpm script is broken on lines 9 and 27.

Currently it reads:

Code: (bash) [Select]

if ps | awk '{print $3}' | grep -e "gpm" >/dev/null; then

This is incorrect, since the script is also called "gpm"!  So it will find its own entry and abort.

Instead, the code should read:

Code: (bash) [Select]

if ps | awk '{print $3}' | grep -e "/usr/local/sbin/gpm" >/dev/null; then

This will ensure searching for current gpm processes identifies the actual gpm executable, not the init.d script.  This is in keeping with the many explicit references to /usr/local/sbin/gpm in the rest of the script.

Otherwise, gpm will never actually be started.  Spent a minute scratching my head over this one.

I am happy to submit this fix more formally - is posting in the forums the official method, or is there some place I can submit a pull request?

Thanks!

hi famousbirds,

I think I have solved a similar situation by adding "| grep -v grep |".

regards
Greg