Thanks for this added info! On Sep 22, 11:27 pm, Brad Davis <bda...@cove-mtn.com> wrote: > Just a few more notes. If you don't use the "oneshot", you don't need > the fork() (init restarts the service if it fails). This is not how > Unix/Linux services are written (one of the differences between > Android and Linux). > > The reason you don't normally want to use "oneshot" is because Android > can kill processes when memory is low. Any long-lived service needs > to be restarted if it gets killed. > > On Sep 22, 12:53 am, archieval <archie.brio...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The problem is in the init.rc, the app runs with no problem when > > manually executed/called in the shell. The init.rc inside the device > > cannot be edited because the original file stays in rom and will > > replace itself in the directory everytime the device reboots. And Yes > > Sir for all the method above, the fork process did not stay in the > > process list of ps. For the persistent "init: untracked pid 2194 > > exited" I think it is called when the one of the app send SIGCHLD, and > > in the kernel code, this will kill process. Without the "oneshot" > > option in the service, android tries to restart it creating an endless > > loop of "init: untracked pid 2194 exited" messages. > > > Now it is working though it looks redundant, I have found a way to run > > it by adding some more steps. > > > Right below this entry in the init.rc script: > > > service console /system/bin/sh > > console > > > I added my service: > > > service usbmount /system/bin/sh /system/bin/usb.sh > > oneshot > > > ------ > > The the usb.sh contains this line only: > > /system/bin/usb_automount > > > And it works! Yes rebuilding the whole android wastes time, > > fortunately someone in another forums reminded me not to delete/clean > > the precompiled object files so they will not be built again. I only > > used a script in rebuilding and I didn't noticed that it deletes all > > the object files everytime I run it. So now recompiling the ramdisk > > image with changes only on init.rc takes less than a minute. =) > > Thanks for the replies. > > > Regards
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