[Icecast] ices-0.4 on gentoo

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Huw - Junglised:
>  That worked perfectly! Im clearly a linux novice.
>  How do I go about setting it to run automatically on boot?


hi, you have to make a init script and put it in  /etc/init.d/
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=4

hope it help, uno


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#!/bin/sh
#
case "$1" in
  start)
        # Start daemons.
        echo -n "Starting ices "
	# user: the user id you want ices to run under
        su -c '/usr/local/bin/ices -c path_to_your_config user > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo ices startet
        echo
        ;;
  stop)
        # Stop daemons.
        echo -n "Shutting down ices: "
        killall ices > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo ices stopped || killall -9 ices
        echo
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
        exit 1
esac
exit 0

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> 
>  On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:42:51 +0100, Sascha Bieler 
>  <sascha.bieler at radiogong.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > this just means that ices cannot be found in the global system PATH,
> > because you did'nt run configure with option --prefix=/usr/. If you
> > just run configure everything will be installed after a successful 
> > mak
> > and make install in prefix /usr/local.
> >
> > Try to start ices like /usr/local/bin/ices -c
> > /usr/local/etc/ices.conf.dist -B
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > Sascha
> > ________________________________________
> > Von: icecast-bounces at xiph.org [icecast-bounces at xiph.org] im Auftrag
> > von Huw - Junglised [contact at junglised.co.uk]
> > Gesendet: Samstag, 12. Februar 2011 17:09
> > An: Icecast at xiph.org
> > Betreff: [Icecast] ices-0.4 on gentoo
> >
> > Hi all. I'm having an absolute nightmare trying to get ices-0.4
> > running on my gentoo vps.
> >
> > i managed to use emerge to install icecast, which was way easier than
> > when i tried on cent os last year. this is running perfectly, starts
> > on boot etc.
> >
> > the only version of ices thats available via emerge is ices2, which i
> > dont want.
> >
> > ive tried (and im no linux pro) wget the tarall, unzipping and
> > compiling it, but i get this error when i try run ices:
> >
> > junglised ices-0.4 # ices -c /usr/local/etc/ices.conf.dist -B
> > bash: ices: command not found
> >
> > im at a complete loss now. I just cant figure out how to get it
> > running. Anybody had better luck getting it working on gentoo?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Huw
> >
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