Don't execute the service without args. You generally want: MyService install MyService start ... MyService stop
Although the 'start' and 'stop' is *normally* done simply by setting the 'auto-start' properties of the service. Cheers, Mark On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Richard Zinn <ricoz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, I've implemented the MyService.py example from the py2exe samples > directory using Python2.6, on my Windows XP SP2, and I get the error > 1052...did not respond in a timely fashion immediately when I run the > MyService.py, or the MyService.exe, or if I install it as a service using an > NSIS installer script I wrote, and start it using the windows service manager. > Any ideas? Here is the code reduced to just the essentials: > import win32serviceutil > import win32service > import win32event > import win32evtlogutil > class MyService(win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework): > _svc_name_ = "MyService" > _svc_display_name_ = "My Service" > _svc_deps_ = ["EventLog"] > def __init__(self, args): > win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework.__init__(self, args) > self.hWaitStop = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None) > def SvcStop(self): > self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOP_PENDING) > win32event.SetEvent(self.hWaitStop) > def SvcDoRun(self): > import servicemanager > log("running") > win32event.WaitForSingleObject(self.hWaitStop, win32event.INFINITE) > log("stopped") > > if __name__ == '__main__': > win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine(MyService) > > I've seen other posters with similar problems, but with theirs it doesn't > work in the .exe, but in my case it doesn't work when I run the .py either. > The traceback in python says: > > python MyService.py > Collecting Python Trace Output... > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\win32\lib\win32serviceutil.py", line > 399, > in StartService > win32service.StartService(hs, args) > pywintypes.error: (1053, 'StartService', 'The service did not respond to the > sta > rt or control request in a timely fashion.') > > Thanks in advance, > Richard > _______________________________________________ > python-win32 mailing list > python-win32@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 > _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32