[BusyBox] init script

[reggler]

hi,

I have following init script which works fine when i trigger it manually but doesn't start my python script on bootup, why not? I put it in /etc/init.d/ and called it S99gateway

# cat /etc/init.d/S95gateway 
#!/bin/sh
#
start() {
        echo 'Starting SemiosNET gateway'
        /usr/bin/python /root/gateway.py > /dev/null &
}
stop() {
        echo 'stopping SemiosNET gateway'
        killall -KILL python
}
### main logic ###
case "$1" in
  start)
        start
        ;;
  stop)
        stop
        ;;
  status)
        status FOO
        ;;
  restart|reload|condrestart)
        stop
        start
        ;;
  *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
        exit 1
esac
exit 0

Any clues or suggestions? Help is appreciated!
Thank you!
Ron

[atreyu]

is /usr not mounted yet?

in the script, try output to a log file for later examination, e.g.:

/usr/bin/python /root/gateway.py > /tmp/gateway.log 2>&1 &

if that is not it, then are you sure that the script is getting called (by rc.sysinit or whatever) with the "start" argument?

as a test, you can do something like this, at the bottom of the script:

  *)
#       echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
#        exit 1
#testing...
  echo "No args given, but starting up anyway!"
  sleep 1
  start
  ;;
esac