[launchd-dev] 10.4 & 10.5 LaunchAgent compatibility

[Steffan A. Cline]

on 2/16/09 4:51 PM, Steffan Cline at steffan at hldns.com wrote:

> I've been working on a solution to some issues with getting
> OpenOffice.org.app to work in a headless state but there is some issue with
> the build that prevents this.
> 
> So, as a work around I am trying to come up with a LaunchAgent that will
> load OpenOffice.org on boot and run consistently. It seems I have no choice
> to use LoginWindow and Aqua to keep it up regardless of whether or not a
> user is logged in. On 10.4.11 no matter what I do, it does not load at boot.
> I have to manually load it with
> launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/net.execuchoice.doc-converter.plist
> Obviously this is not practical. On 10.5.x it loads as expected on boot.
> 
> My questions are:
> 1) Am I doing something wrong in the following file?
> 
> 2) Is there something I can do to get this to work universally for both
> platforms? (10.4 & 10.5)
> 
> 3) Is there a way to have this launch regardless of the LoginWindow or Aqua
> session type rather than have an instance close and relaunch?
> 
> <?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>KeepAlive</key>
>     <true/>
>     <key>OnDemand</key>
>     <false/>
>     <key>RunAtLoad</key>
>     <true/>
>     <key>Label</key>
>     <string>net.execuchoice.doc-converter</string>
>     <key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
>     <array>
>         <string>LoginWindow</string>
>         <string>Aqua</string>
>     </array>
>     <key>ProgramArguments</key>
>     <array>
>         
> <string>/Applications/OpenOffice.org.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice.bin</string>
>         <string>-headless</string>
>         <string>-nologo</string>
>         <string>-nofirststartwizard</string>
>         <string>-invisible</string>
>         <string>-accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;"</string>
>     </array>
>     <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
>     <string>/Library/Logs/OpenOfficeDaemon.log</string>
>     <key>StandardOutPath</key>
>     <string>/Library/Logs/OpenOfficeDaemon.log</string>
> </dict>
> </plist>
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Steffan
> 

I noticed something else too. The application does not listen on port 8100
as one might think. When I do a ps -ax | grep soffice I see the following:

565  ??  Rs    19:12.79
/Applications/OpenOffice.org.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice.bin -headless
-nologo -nofirststartwizard -invisible
-accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;"

This leads me to believe it's up. In actuality, it is not listening. I am
not sure why but if I manually execute this:

/Applications/OpenOffice.org.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice.bin -headless
-nologo -nofirststartwizard -invisible
-accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" &

I am then able to connect to the service. What is the dealio? Is there some
key I am missing?


Thanks

Steffan

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