[lug] Ubuntu users: request for topics for articles

[Michael Hirsch]

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Michael J. Hammel
<mjhammel at graphics-muse.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 17:19 -0600, Michael Hirsch wrote:
>> What's the right way to control start-up?  Ubuntu doesn't use sys-V
>> init.  I understand sys-V init.  How do I use the new Ubuntu start up
>> scripts?  How do I make something start?  How do I disable a service?
>> How do I add a new service?  etc.
>
> Hmm.  Sounds like they switched to upstart, something Fedora has already
> done.  I'm still not that clear on the proper way to use them, though
> Fedora still uses "service" and "chkconfig" to work with the init
> scripts.  I'll add this to the list.

That's right--upstart.  In fact, I believe that Ubuntu wrote it.  I
think there is a sysv interface you can install on top of upstart, but
it isn't there by default in Ubuntu.

Michael