[Freeswitch-users] Starting FS on OSX (10.4.11 PPC)

[Martin Joseph]

On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Ivan C Myrvold wrote:

> I have chown the  freeswitch directory to my user imyrvold, therefore
> I put it in ~/Library/LaunchDaemons.
> Do you run freeswitch as root, as you put it in /System/library/
> LaunchDaemons? That directory should be reserved anyway for Apple's
> system tools.
> A better idea would be to put it in /Library/LaunchDaemons if you run
> it as root (but you should in my opinion run it as a normal user, as I
> have (almost) always done).

Yes,  I have been running it as root (blush).  Any idea why it might  
start, but not except registrations?  That seems strange to me.

Thanks for the help (again),
Marty


>
>
> Ivan
>
> Den 16. jan.. 2009 kl. 20:12 skrev Martin Joseph:
>
>>
>> On Jan 16, 2009, at 8:09 AM, Ivan C Myrvold wrote:
>>
>>> I haven't tried using launchctl for FreeSWITCH. But when I saw your
>>> post, I tried it out. I have no problem getting it to work:
>>>
>>> I make a file "org.freeswitch.freeswitch.plist" and save it to ~/
>>> Library/LaunchAgents with the following content:
>>>
>>> <?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>Label</key>
>>> 	<string>org.freeswitch.freeswitch</string>
>>> 	<key>Program</key>
>>> 	<string>/usr/local/freeswitch/bin/freeswitch</string>
>>> 	<key>RunAtLoad</key>
>>> 	<true/>
>>> 	<key>ServiceIPC</key>
>>> 	<true/>
>>> </dict>
>>> </plist>
>>>
>>> Then in Terminal.app, I do a "launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
>>> org.freeswitch.freeswitch.plist"
>>>
>>> If you do the same command, but unload instead of load, it should
>>> stop
>>> freeswitch.
>>>
>>> Does this work for you?
>>
>> Huh,
>>
>> I have been trying to do something similar, but putting the file in /
>> System/Library/LaunchDaemons.
>>
>> Strangely, I tried your file right now (in LaunchDaemons) and
>> freeswitch is started, but it doesn't respond to my devices trying to
>> register?
>>
>> Weird.
>>
>> If I kill it and start it manually, it immediately responds and my
>> devices register.
>>
>> Ideas?
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Marty
>>>
>>>
>>> Ivan
>>>
>>> Den 15. jan.. 2009 kl. 22:54 skrev Martin Joseph:
>>>
>>>> Hello again FreeSwitchers,
>>>>
>>>> I have built the 1.02 on 10.4.11(OSX) and had no problems with  
>>>> that.
>>>>
>>>> I have never been able to build from the SVN, but that is another
>>>> story.
>>>>
>>>> Now that I have migrated to 1.02 I was wondering if I can get some
>>>> help on a long standing issue I have with starting FS at boot.
>>>>
>>>> I am hoping to use Launchd which is the standard on OSX 10.4 and I
>>>> attempted to cobble together a script, but haven't had great
>>>> results.
>>>>
>>>> I did search for wiki entries on this, but haven't found any help
>>>> with
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Ideas?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Marty
>>>>
>>>>
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