ANSWERED Automatically start Eddie at boot in headless Ubuntu?

smily104

I'm not quite sure how to make this work. I have "connect at startup" on but I think that makes it connect when I start Eddie, not when I boot.

I don't even know how to start Eddie in headless Ubuntu. I can SSH in and run

sudo eddie-ui -cli

but it stops if I move it to the background (CTRL+Z and bg %1) and I can't access anything.

Getting it to start automatically is preferred, but can someone also tell me how to start it in the background or whatever? I'm a Linux nub.

Staff

Hello!

Please use "screen" for your purpose:

https://www.rackaid.com/blog/linux-screen-tutorial-and-how-to/

The problem you experience is due to the fact that, with the procedure you follow in your description, you put the process in background, but the stdin, stdout and stderr are still connected to your terminal. So, when you end the SSH session, you destroy the terminal emulator with anything connected to it.

screen is just perfect for what you need. It provides much more flexibility and features than nohup + disown

Read here (first answer) for a more detailed analysis:

https://superuser.com/questions/178587/how-do-i-detach-a-process-from-terminal-entirely

Kind regards