New installation teething problems

[simoncn]

The preinstalled packages should be in /home/alastair/minimserver/lib (this is a symbolic link to /home/alastair/minimserver/2.0.18/lib). What files do you see in this folder?

Did you run setup from a terminal window and enable desktop integration before starting MinimServer from your desktop?

[Budgie]

(31-08-2021 22:09)simoncn Wrote:  The preinstalled packages should be in /home/alastair/minimserver/lib (this is a symbolic link to /home/alastair/minimserver/2.0.18/lib). What files do you see in this folder?

Did you run setup from a terminal window and enable desktop integration before starting MinimServer from your desktop?

Hi Simon, I believe I did all that was required including the yes to both options while in terminal.
here is my installation as I drilled down. ( I think you are referring to minimserver-2.0.18/lib)

Code:

alastair@ibmserver3:~> cd minim-home
alastair@ibmserver3:~/minim-home> ls
minimserver  MinimServer-2.0.18-linux-intel.tar.gz
alastair@ibmserver3:~/minim-home> cd minimserver
alastair@ibmserver3:~/minim-home/minimserver> ls
bin  data  etc  icons  idata  lib  libext  libsys  minimserver-2.0.18  opt  tmp
alastair@ibmserver3:~/minim-home/minimserver> cd lib
alastair@ibmserver3:~/minim-home/minimserver/lib> ls
jminim-2.0.134.jar        minimscript$-2.0.104.jar  mscript.jar
minim.jar                 minimserver-2.0.136.jar   mserver.jar
minimlaunch$-2.0.103.jar  minimserver-2.0.18.jmpkg  ohnet(linux-intel)-1.30.3937.zip
minimreader-2.0.107.jar   minimui-2.0.122.jar
alastair@ibmserver3:~/minim-home/minimserver/lib>

Looks like everything is present in my minim-home directories.

[simoncn]

Yes, I meant to say /home/alastair/minimserver/minimserver-2.0.18/lib. As you say, all looks OK there including the minimserver-2.0.18.jmpkg and minimserver-2.0.136.jar files.

While MinimServer is showing the red icon, please run the following command from a terminal window and post the results here:

ps -ef | grep mserver

[Budgie]

(01-09-2021 10:52)simoncn Wrote:  Yes, I meant to say /home/alastair/minimserver/minimserver-2.0.18/lib. As you say, all looks OK there including the minimserver-2.0.18.jmpkg and minimserver-2.0.136.jar files.

While MinimServer is showing the red icon, please run the following command from a terminal window and post the results here:

ps -ef | grep mserver

Here it is:-

Code:

alastair@ibmserver3:~/minim-home/minimserver/lib> ls
jminim-2.0.134.jar        minimscript$-2.0.104.jar  mscript.jar
minim.jar                 minimserver-2.0.136.jar   mserver.jar
minimlaunch$-2.0.103.jar  minimserver-2.0.18.jmpkg  ohnet(linux-intel)-1.30.3937.zip
minimreader-2.0.107.jar   minimui-2.0.122.jar
alastair@ibmserver3:~/minim-home/minimserver/lib> cd ..
alastair@ibmserver3:~/minim-home/minimserver> ps -ef | grep mserver
avahi     1118     1  0 Aug31 ?        00:00:00 avahi-daemon: running [ibmserver3.local]
alastair  2141     1  0 Aug31 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh /home/alastair/minimserver/bin/startd init
alastair  5817  2141  0 Aug31 ?        00:00:40 java -jar /home/alastair/minimserver/lib/mserver.jar --launchrc --relaunch --set watch.view=log --nohup
alastair 17318     1  0 Aug31 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh /home/alastair/minim-home/minimserver/bin/startd --set watch.iconDisplay=true
alastair 17568 16288  0 11:13 pts/1    00:00:00 grep --color=auto mserver
alastair 17716 17318  0 Aug31 ?        00:00:28 java -jar /home/alastair/minim-home/minimserver/lib/mserver.jar --launchrc --relaunch --set watch.view=log --nohup --set watch.iconDisplay=true
alastair 17745 17716  0 Aug31 ?        00:00:37 /usr/lib64/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11/bin/java -Dorg.jminim.processUpdates=false -jar /home/alastair/minim-home/minimserver/minimserver-2.0.18/lib/minim.jar --context --start type=com.minimserver.ServerWatch name=serverwatch --set serverwatch.watchUDN=a17ff654-9842-41d8-baab-ea029c8e0966 --set ohnet.subnet=127.0.0.0 --set .logPipe=true --set .programName=MinimServer --set .version=2.0.18 --set .copyright=Copyright (c) 2012-2020 Simon Nash. All rights reserved. --noconsole --logLevel info
alastair 28328     1  0 Aug31 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/ksmserver
alastair@ibmserver3:~/minim-home/minimserver>

[simoncn]

Thanks for this. Some of these processes should not be running and this is the cause of the problem. I suggest you reboot the machine. MinimServer should start automatically (if you have enabled this using setup) and you should not get the error about the MinimServer package not being found.

You might get a red icon for your content directory. If you do, right-click the red icon and select Properties, then enter the correct content directory in the properties dialog and select Restart from the red icon.

[Budgie]

(01-09-2021 11:30)simoncn Wrote:  Thanks for this. Some of these processes should not be running and this is the cause of the problem. I suggest you reboot the machine. MinimServer should start automatically (if you have enabled this using setup) and you should not get the error about the MinimServer package not being found.

You might get a red icon for your content directory. If you do, right-click the red icon and select Properties, then enter the correct content directory in the properties dialog and select Restart from the red icon.

Hi Simon, many thanks but after re-booting it appears minimserver did not start. before I do anything I am seeking your advice on what next so I don't mess it up even more!

[simoncn]

This probably means automatic startup is not enabled in the setup script.

Open a terminal window and run /home/alastair/minimserver/bin/setup. When it asks you whether you want desktop integration and automatic startup, say Yes to both. After this, reboot the machine.

This is the only thing you should do from the terminal window. For everything else, use the MinimServer icon in the desktop system tray.

[Budgie]

(01-09-2021 13:38)simoncn Wrote:  This probably means automatic startup is not enabled in the setup script.

Open a terminal window and run /home/alastair/minimserver/bin/setup. When it asks you whether you want desktop integration and automatic startup, say Yes to both. After this, reboot the machine.

This is the only thing you should do from the terminal window. For everything else, use the MinimServer icon in the desktop system tray.

Hi Simon,
Done exactly as you told me but still no icon in my system tray.

[simoncn]

Please try running

ps -ef | grep mserver

This will show which MinimServer processes are running.

[simoncn]

I might have misunderstood what you meant by the desktop and the red icon. Was this on the Linux machine running MinimServer or was it on some other machine running MinimWatch?