On 27.06.2012 09:51, Simon McVittie wrote: >> 2. I would like to debug this issue or at least gather a useful debug >> output from the server > [...] >> start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $PIDFILE --oknodo \ >> --background --exec $BINARY --startas $DAEMON \ >> --make-pidfile --chuid $USER \ >> -- $DAEMON_OPTS > $LOGFILE 2>&1 || return 1 > > That will log the output of start-stop-daemon to $LOGFILE. > Unfortunately, start-stop-daemon doesn't generally output anything - it > starts openarena-server, puts it in the background and exits. >
Oh, that explains a lot. >> What is the appropriate way to debug the openarena server? > > Either start it by hand (not via the init script), or put a wrapper > similar to this somewhere (e.g. /usr/local/bin/openarena-server-wrapper): > > #!/bin/sh > OPENARENA_BACKTRACE=1 > export OPENARENA_BACKTRACE > exec > /home/user/openarena-server.log 2>&1 > exec /usr/games/openarena-server "$@" > > and modify the init script so it has > DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/openarena-server-wrapper (or wherever you put it) > instead of its current value. > Many thanks for your help. I will report back as soon as i have found something useful. Regards Markus
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