[launchd-dev] 10.4 & 10.5 Launch Agent compatibility

[Steffan A. Cline]

on 2/16/09 5:31 PM, Steffan Cline at steffan at hldns.com wrote:

> 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
> 

Well, once the launchagent is working, it will restart as expected in the
event of a crash. I wonder if a startup item is a fair work around to get
the launchagent working?

I'll have to look for a good example of a startup script for the
launchagent. :-) LOL.


Thanks

Steffan

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