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drake · 13th January 2001, 19:32

My Question or problem is I can easly host a station off my DSL on my Windows computer but when I try to host it off my Webhost's Red Hat Linux server it disconnects after a couple a minutes from the telnet host and my broadcast goes down although it does work for a few minutes. I tried the background thing and it didn't work. Maybe it is cause I did it wrong I don't know. Any help would be great.

wedgemusic · 13th January 2001, 19:37

Maybe your provider doesn't allow that process and is killing it...

drake · 13th January 2001, 20:03

I thought the same but I checked there policy and agreement and it mentions nothing about mp3 streaming or mp3s just no porn. So I don't think it is that. Usually you get timed out from Telnet no matter what so I am trying to find out why it won't stay running in the BG.

RuphBear · 14th January 2001, 13:25

You need to find out what their policy on background processes is. I had an ISP that just plain out didn't allow them, and had an automation killing them off when it found them.

Try running the process in a shell script loop (in the foreground), capture the exit status code (if any), and see if it's failing or being killed from the outside.

Ruph

drake · 15th January 2001, 03:20

I understood the part about not allowing background processes but I don't understand the forground looping with scripts. Could you clarify or help me do that.

RuphBear · 15th January 2001, 13:05

This is a little hard to explain without knowing what shell(s) you're comfortable with. The example below should work under BASH or SH.

#!/bin/bash

X=0
LOGFILE="/tmp/dnas.log"

while [ ${X} = 0 ]
do

<shoutcast DNAS command line here>
echo "DNAS Exit Code: $? at `date`" >> ${LOGFILE}

done

This will endlessly loop restarting the DNAS server each time it exits. The $? above is an internal variable in the shell which holds the exit status of the last command that exits.

You should probably read up on the various Unix shells. At a prompt, try entering man bash or man sh. Also, there's a decent tutorial on BASH at http://www.fsf.org.

Ruph

drake · 16th January 2001, 00:35

Thanks I will try that if I need to but I have a new host and I think the owner can help me since it is his computer.

SomaFM · 17th January 2001, 03:43

You might try 'nohup'ing' the process-

run that above script like this:

nohup script name

that keeps the OS from killing the process when you logout or disconnect (HUP = Hang Up).

13th January 2001, 19:32	#1
drake Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 629	My Question or problem is I can easly host a station off my DSL on my Windows computer but when I try to host it off my Webhost's Red Hat Linux server it disconnects after a couple a minutes from the telnet host and my broadcast goes down although it does work for a few minutes. I tried the background thing and it didn't work. Maybe it is cause I did it wrong I don't know. Any help would be great. Work in Progress K-Jofol will never die as long as I don't lose or damage the backup!

13th January 2001, 20:03	#3
drake Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 629	I thought the same but I checked there policy and agreement and it mentions nothing about mp3 streaming or mp3s just no porn. So I don't think it is that. Usually you get timed out from Telnet no matter what so I am trying to find out why it won't stay running in the BG. Work in Progress K-Jofol will never die as long as I don't lose or damage the backup!

15th January 2001, 03:20	#5
drake Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 629	I understood the part about not allowing background processes but I don't understand the forground looping with scripts. Could you clarify or help me do that. Work in Progress K-Jofol will never die as long as I don't lose or damage the backup!

16th January 2001, 00:35	#7
drake Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 629	Thanks I will try that if I need to but I have a new host and I think the owner can help me since it is his computer. Work in Progress K-Jofol will never die as long as I don't lose or damage the backup!

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13th January 2001, 19:37	#2
wedgemusic Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 176	Maybe your provider doesn't allow that process and is killing it...

14th January 2001, 13:25	#4
RuphBear Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 68	You need to find out what their policy on background processes is. I had an ISP that just plain out didn't allow them, and had an automation killing them off when it found them. Try running the process in a shell script loop (in the foreground), capture the exit status code (if any), and see if it's failing or being killed from the outside. Ruph

15th January 2001, 13:05	#6
RuphBear Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 68	This is a little hard to explain without knowing what shell(s) you're comfortable with. The example below should work under BASH or SH. #!/bin/bash X=0 LOGFILE="/tmp/dnas.log" while [ ${X} = 0 ] do <shoutcast DNAS command line here> echo "DNAS Exit Code: $? at `date`" >> ${LOGFILE} done This will endlessly loop restarting the DNAS server each time it exits. The $? above is an internal variable in the shell which holds the exit status of the last command that exits. You should probably read up on the various Unix shells. At a prompt, try entering man bash or man sh. Also, there's a decent tutorial on BASH at http://www.fsf.org. Ruph

17th January 2001, 03:43	#8
SomaFM Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 81	You might try 'nohup'ing' the process- run that above script like this: nohup script name that keeps the OS from killing the process when you logout or disconnect (HUP = Hang Up).