Services

[Nigel Henry]

On Friday 04 July 2008 08:21, O. Sinclair wrote:
> Peter O'Reilly wrote:
> > Yes they are enabled in "system settings  -->  advanced  -->  System
> > services    ??"
> >
> > This services interface is completely broken and does not work at all. 
> > This is a major bug.
> >
> > I can't tell if a service is running unless I try and
> > start/stop/restart....on every service listed.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com>
> > To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2008 3:15:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: Services
> >
> > On Thursday 03 July 2008, Peter O'Reilly wrote:
> >> I have a service called 'noip' that is supposed to  start at bootup.
> >>
> >> In the left hand pane is says start at bootup 'Yes' and 'service is not
> >> running' (but is is running)
> >>
> >> When I start the service I get this error,
> >>
> >> Starting dynamic address update: /usr/bin/noip2 already running.
> >> noip2.
> >>
> >>
> >> There are other services, like postfix, that are supposed to start at
> >> bootup but aren't.
> >
> > Are these other services enabled in your:
> >
> > system settings  -->  advanced  -->  System services    ??
> >
> > If so, then check your boot messages  (dmesg)  and see if there are
> > errors.
> >
> > Also check   /var/log/messages     or /var/log/daemon.log
> > or   /var/log/syslog
> >
> > There's lots of places to look for the problem.
>
> never thought about this before but for sure the System Service module
> does not seem to do the job. Example: I run the WICD for wireless and
> Firestarter firewall - System service reports both services as "not
> running" when I can very easily see that they are.
>
> Anyone knows an alternative kde gui for this?
>
> Sinclair

Don't know about a KDE one, but I install the "sysv-rc-conf" package on my 
Debian, and Kubuntu installs. It's as root on the command line, and is 
interactive.
sudo sysv-rc-conf

Nigel.