run a python script on startup?

[gschoppe]

I have a python script that grabs an input device and parses the signals from it. I need it to run in the background, whenever my pogoplug boots.

I have no idea how to do this in the systemctl environment we're using now.

[gschoppe]

i have almost solved the problem. I created this service file:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[Unit]
After=default.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python /root/pidora-keyboard.py

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
')

and run:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'systemctl start servicename')

The system loads the script, and I can accurately capture input, as wanted.

However, the terminal never returns to a prompt. It acts like the start process never completes.

If I do a ctrl-z to force quit, it exits, and I continue to capture input as needed, but I'd really like the service to exit properly.

[gschoppe]

oops... spoke too soon... The script persists for a minute or two, after force-quitting the "systemctl start servicename" process, but then it dies. It should persist indefinitely.

[grayman4hire]

Try

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[Unit]
After=default.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python /root/pidora-keyboard.py
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
')

[gschoppe]

no dice... same behavior.

I have to use ctr-z to end the "systemctl start pidora-keyboard" process, and it then kills the script a few seconds later. I have read elsewhere that this has something to do with python not detaching from the initiating process, but I don't know enough to know if that applies to me, and how.

[moonman]

Yuou didn't specify type. Try oneshot, simple and forking. Also try a bash script that executes the python script if none of the types work. Bash needs to be oneshot

[wibbel4]

Hello moonman,

Thank you for sending me in the correct direction...

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'b')y moonman » Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:57 pm

Yuou didn't specify type. Try oneshot, simple and forking. Also try a bash script that executes the python script if none of the types work. Bash needs to be oneshot