[launchd-dev] launchd not loading for me in Leopard

Dave Zarzycki zarzycki at apple.com
Fri Jan 18 16:11:25 PST 2008


Eddy,

Your program appears to be overloading the launchd schema for the  
storage of private preferences. That was not supported in Tiger, and  
that is now enforced in Leopard. Please update the code to manage  
preferences elsewhere.

Thanks!

davez


On Jan 18, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Eddy Martinez wrote:

> Plist -
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd 
> ">
> <plist version="1.0">
> <dict>
>         <key>CustomerID</key>
>         <string>8587928649</string>
>         <key>Enabled</key>
>         <true/>
>         <key>Label</key>
>         <string>com.devapp.AgentLauncher</string>
>         <key>Program</key>
>         <string>/usr/local/sbin/AgentLauncher</string>
>         <key>ProgramArguments</key>
>         <array>
>                 <string>/usr/local/sbin/AgentLauncher</string>
>         </array>
>         <key>ServiceDescription</key>
>         <string>devapp launcher</string>
>         <key>ServiceIPC</key>
>         <true/>
>         <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
>         <string>/tmp/agentLauncher.stderr</string>
>         <key>StandardOutPath</key>
>         <string>/tmp/agentLauncher.stdout</string>
>         <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
>         <dict>
>                 <key>Hour</key>
>                 <integer>22</integer>
>                 <key>Minute</key>
>                 <integer>55</integer>
>         </dict>
>         <key>UserName</key>
>         <string>root</string>
>         <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
>         <string>/tmp</string>
>         <key>cistern</key>
>         <string>bucket</string>
>         <key>excluded</key>
>         <array/>
>         <key>finish</key>
>         <integer>360</integer>
>         <key>included</key>
>         <array>
>                 <string>/Users/eddy/Desktop</string>
>         </array>
>         <key>server</key>
>         <string>server.devappdevappdevapp.com</string>
> </dict>
> </plist>
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 18, 2008, at 11:52 AM, Eddy Martinez wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've been searching around and have not been able to find any  
>> hints. I have a plist, pref
>> pane based app that fires off at a preset time. With Tiger its all  
>> good. However Leopard
>> is failing to run the app at the scheduled time.
>>
>> Pasted are some errors that I hope will help to identify the  
>> problem. I'm not the developer,
>> who is a contractor dealing with another deadline. I'm hoping to  
>> gather information on his
>> behalf in order to expedite the resolution.
>>
>> I have access to the dev boxes and can run commands and capture any  
>> needed output.
>>
>> Any help appreciated, and thanks in advance,
>> Eddy
>>
>> vmini01:~ $ cat /tmp/agentLauncher.stderr
>> 2008-01-17 12:38:00.136 AgentLauncher[218:20b] Cannot checkin with  
>> launchd, exiting.
>> 2008-01-17 14:14:00.032 AgentLauncher[323:20b] Cannot checkin with  
>> launchd, exiting.
>> 2008-01-17 14:36:00.057 AgentLauncher[389:20b] Cannot checkin with  
>> launchd, exiting.
>> vmini01:~ $
>>
>>
>> vmini01:~$ tail -f /var/log/system.log | grep devapp
>> Jan 18 10:54:44 vmini01 com.apple.launchd[1]  
>> (com.devapp.AgentLauncher): Unknown key for array: excluded
>> Jan 18 10:54:44 vmini01 com.apple.launchd[1]  
>> (com.devapp.AgentLauncher): Unknown key for boolean: Enabled
>> Jan 18 10:54:44 vmini01 com.apple.launchd[1]  
>> (com.devapp.AgentLauncher): Unknown key for array: included
>> Jan 18 10:54:44 vmini01 com.apple.launchd[1]  
>> (com.devapp.AgentLauncher): Unknown key: ServiceDescription
>> Jan 18 10:54:44 vmini01 com.apple.launchd[1]  
>> (com.devapp.AgentLauncher): Unknown key: server
>> Jan 18 10:54:44 vmini01 com.apple.launchd[1]  
>> (com.devapp.AgentLauncher): Unknown key for string: cistern
>> Jan 18 10:54:44 vmini01 com.apple.launchd[1]  
>> (com.devapp.AgentLauncher): Unknown key: bucket
>> Jan 18 10:54:44 vmini01 com.apple.launchd[1]  
>> (com.devapp.AgentLauncher): Unknown key for integer: finish
>> Jan 18 10:54:44 vmini01 com.apple.launchd[1]  
>> (com.devapp.AgentLauncher): Unknown key for string: CustomerID
>> Jan 18 10:54:44 vmini01 com.apple.launchd[1]  
>> (com.devapp.AgentLauncher): Unknown key: CustomerID
>>
>>
>> vmini01:~ eddy$ sudo launchctl list  | grep devapp
>> -       1       com.devapp.AgentLauncher
>>
>> vmini01:~ $ ls -la /Library/LaunchDaemons/
>> total 8
>> drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel   102 Jan 18 10:54 .
>> drwxrwxr-t+ 46 root  admin  1564 Sep 14 10:14 ..
>> -rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  1248 Jan 18 10:54  
>> com.devapp.AgentLauncher.plist
>> vmini01:~ $
>>
>>
>> --
>> Eddy Martinez
>> fasteddy760 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
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