How can I make xampp auto-start on reboot?

[Oswald]

Dear Kenneth!

Thanks for sending the rc file. According this file you need to place the symbolic links into /etc/rc5.d. Like this:

ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp /etc/rc5.d/S99lampp
ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp /etc/rc5.d/K01lampp

Does this work if you reboot your system. I'm not sure because I didn't understand everyting in your rc file.

Greetings
Oswald

[Dave_L]

3. Now carry out the actual configuration by typing:

ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp S99lampp
ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp K01lampp

Now XAMPP should start and stop automatically if you boot or shutdown your machine.

That generally works, but the note about shutdown is wrong. Those links will stop and then start XAMPP on boot, and not stop it on shutdown.

Here's how I do it (on a Debian-based distro):

ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp /etc/init.d/lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc0.d/K01lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc1.d/K01lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc2.d/S99lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc3.d/S99lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc4.d/S99lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc5.d/S99lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc6.d/K01lampp

That stops XAMPP on entry to runlevels 0 (halt), 1 (single-user) and 6 (reboot), and starts it on entry to runlevels 2-5 (multi-user). The reason I have the extra link /etc/init.d/lampp is just for consistency with the other (non-XAMPP) links in the runlevels.

[Oswald]

Dear Dave!

Sorry, but you're completly wrong. You need the start (S) and stop (K) file in the same runlevel directory. S files were used if the systems gets into the specific runlevel and K files were used if your system's leaving the specific runlevel.

Greetings
Oswald

[Dave_L]

Are you sure about that? I used to think the runlevels worked as you describe, but after learning more about linux, it appeared I was wrong. For example, http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/212 states:

Transitioning Between Run levels

When you leave a runlevel, nothing happens. All the action takes place when you enter the new run level.

[Oswald]

Dear Dave!

I have to say sorry. You are absolutely right. In case of Debian your are right. Debian works this way: The target runlevel defines the stop scripts and not the source runlevel. Very strange, I never saw this implementation of Sys V init before.

I think I've to change our documentation for Debian.

Greetings
Oswald

[kengrome]

While you're at it Oswald, you can change the docs for PCLinuxOS too, because I have good news for you:

YOUR SOLUTION WORKS!!!

I created the links in the folder you specified and now XAMPP starts at boot!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for helping me to learn a little bit more about Linux, and especially for solving this problem for me.

Sincerely,
Ken Grome

[Dave_L]

Oswald:

So that behavior varies across Linux distributions? I wasn't aware of that, but thanks for the info.

[Fabre]

SuSE method described in the faq works for me (SuSE 10.0)

OpenSuSE 10.0 is a little bit stange: You need to set up a symbolic link from /etc/init.d/lampp to /opt/lampp/lampp:

ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp /etc/init.d/lampp

And than use the runlevel editor (expert mode) from YaST to activate XAMPP for the specific runlevels.

Couple of errors to fix and I would add the run runlevels to use.

OpenSuSE 10.0 is a little bit strange: You need to set up a symbolic link from /etc/init.d/lampp to /opt/lampp/lampp:

ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp /etc/init.d/lampp

And then use the runlevel editor (expert mode) from YaST to activate XAMPP for the specific runlevels (3 and 5).

[Dave_L]

Dear Dave!

I have to say sorry. You are absolutely right. In case of Debian your are right. Debian works this way: The target runlevel defines the stop scripts and not the source runlevel. Very strange, I never saw this implementation of Sys V init before.

I think I've to change our documentation for Debian.

Greetings
Oswald

Since I'm using Fedora 5 at work now, in addition to the Debian-based MEPIS at home, I wanted to better understand this issue, so I asked about it at linuxquestions.org. The people there are saying that SysV Init works the same on all distros.

[ciacob]

Hi Oswald

I'm perhaps the complete Linux newbie ever, so take patience with me

I still don't get the idea behind the

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 ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp K01lampp

Isn't rebooting actually a switch to runlevel 6? And, if that's so, wouldn't it be better to make the above symbolic link within the folder that controls the run-level 6?

By the way, I did the above (the answer cited to the begining of this thread), and lampp does start on boot for me (I'm on a RH9 box), however, I don't see the shutting down messages for apache & company, therefore I'm not sure lamp also shuts down when my system shutdown.

What dio you think?

[ciacob]

Sorry, I idn't read all of the conversation before posting.

However, now that I did, do you guys know how this actually works on Red Hat?

[farazilu]

can anybody help me to boot it in Linpus lite V1 on ACER

[shamun]

How can i statup this automatic and run it as process.? to check with service mysqld status or ps -elf etc..??

A: my box:

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[root@shamun rc5.d]# uname -a
Linux shamun 2.6.31.9-174.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Mon Dec 21 06:24:20 UTC 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@shamun rc5.d]#

B: xampp is here with version

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[root@shamun lampp]# ls
backup  bin  cgi-bin  error  etc  htdocs  icons  lampp  lib  libexec  licenses  logs  modules  phpmyadmin  RELEASENOTES  sbin  share  tmp  var
[root@shamun lampp]# ./lampp status
Version: [b]XAMPP for Linux 1.7.3[/b]
Apache is running.
MySQL is running.
ProFTPD is running.
[root@shamun lampp]#

C: run level confirmation and entry

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[root@shamun rc5.d]# egrep :initdefault: /etc/inittab
id:5:initdefault:

[root@shamun rc5.d]# ls
[b]K01lampp[/b]      K36xrdp        K83named           K95firstboot      S08iptables     S22messagebus      S50bluetooth  S96xenstored
K10psacct     K50dnsmasq     K84wpa_supplicant  S00livesys        S11auditd       S24avahi-daemon    S55sshd       S97xenconsoled
K10saslauthd  K50netconsole  K87multipathd      S00microcode_ctl  S11portreserve  S25cups            S82abrtd      S98xend
K15httpd      K74nscd        K87restorecond     S02lvm2-monitor   S12rsyslog      S25netfs           S84ksm        [b]S99lampp[/b]
K24irda       K74ntpd        K89netplugd        S06cpuspeed       S13irqbalance   S26haldaemon       S85ksmtuned   S99livesys-late
K30postfix    K75ntpdate     K89rdisc           S07iscsid         S13iscsi        S26udev-post       S90smolt      S99local
K35vncserver  K76openvpn     K90network         S08ip6tables      S15mdmonitor    S27NetworkManager  S95atd        S99xendomains
[root@shamun rc5.d]#

D: all runn level list out/ XAMPP not listed ???

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[root@shamun lampp]# chkconfig --list
NetworkManager    0:off   1:off   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
abrtd             0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:off   5:on   6:off
atd               0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
auditd            0:off   1:off   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
avahi-daemon      0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
bluetooth         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
cpuspeed          0:off   1:on   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
cups              0:off   1:off   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
dnsmasq           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
firstboot         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
haldaemon         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
httpd             0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
ip6tables         0:off   1:off   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
iptables          0:off   1:off   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
irda              0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
irqbalance        0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
iscsi             0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
iscsid            0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
ksm               0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
ksmtuned          0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
livesys           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
livesys-late      0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
lvm2-monitor      0:off   1:on   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
mdmonitor         0:off   1:off   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
messagebus        0:off   1:off   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
microcode_ctl     0:off   1:off   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
multipathd        0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
named             0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
netconsole        0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
netfs             0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
netplugd          0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
network           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
nscd              0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
ntpd              0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
ntpdate           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
openvpn           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
portreserve       0:off   1:off   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
postfix           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
psacct            0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
rdisc             0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
restorecond       0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
rsyslog           0:off   1:off   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
saslauthd         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
smolt             0:off   1:off   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
sshd              0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:on   6:off
udev-post         0:off   1:on   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
vncserver         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
wpa_supplicant    0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
xenconsoled       0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
xend              0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
xendomains        0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
xenstored         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
xrdp              0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
[root@shamun lampp]#

E: shell or other system cant access the database

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[root@shamun lampp]# mysql
Command not found. Install package 'mysql' to provide command 'mysql'? [N/y] [root@shamun lampp]#
[root@shamun lampp]#

[mamasboy]

Here's how I do it (on a Debian-based distro):

ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp /etc/init.d/lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc0.d/K01lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc1.d/K01lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc2.d/S99lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc3.d/S99lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc4.d/S99lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc5.d/S99lampp
ln -s /etc/init.d/lampp /etc/rc6.d/K01lampp

That stops XAMPP on entry to runlevels 0 (halt), 1 (single-user) and 6 (reboot), and starts it on entry to runlevels 2-5 (multi-user). The reason I have the extra link /etc/init.d/lampp is just for consistency with the other (non-XAMPP) links in the runlevels.

Hi there...

Just wanna share my experience on CrunchBang Statler (based on Debian 6.0 Squeeze). This is what I did (make sure you run as root or use 'sudo' before the commands)

ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp /etc/init.d/lampp
insserv lammp (this command will create all those symlinks to the runlevels... however ...
- instead of S99lampp, insserv creates S01lampp (which works fine)
- on rc2.d it was K01lampp... so I rename it to S01lampp

Cheers!