> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 01:40:57 +0200
> From: Luke771 <luke771.li...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [freenet-support] newbie question- Freenet doesn't
> restart with Mac restart
> To: support@freenetproject.org
> Message-ID: <4a061489.9080...@gmail.com>
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>
> harry smythe wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>> Please excuse what might seem like a stupid question. I'm just
>> beginning to experiment with Freenet. I could not find this topic in
>> the archives. I have only some limited tech knowledge.
>>
>>
>> specs:
>>
>> * Freenet 0.7 Build #1209 rbuild01209-real
>>
>> * Freenet-ext Build #26 r23771
>>
>> # JVM Version: 1.5.0_16-132
>>
>> # OS Name: Mac OS X
>>
>> # OS Version: 10.4.11
>>
>> # OS Architecture: i386
>>
>>
>> I install with the web installer for Mac on the freenetproject.org
>> page. I choose the autostart option. A browser launches and all works
>> well. No shortcut to Freenet is installed on my desktop (as was the
>> case on previous explorations some years ago on a Win2000 machine.)
>>
>>
>> However, if I shut down or have to restart my machine or node for any
>> reason, no browser (I use Firefox 3.0.5) can access fproxy with
>> 127.0.0.1:8888. That page is "unavailable".
>>
>>
>> I'd rather not have to re-install and rebuild the datastore every
>> time. Is there some way to manually start/restart Freenet? (I assume
>> that "start" means to connect to some nodes, but I'm not sure.)
>>
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>>
>> NewbieHarry
>>
>>
> I never used Freenet on a Mac but I heard that behind its peculiar GUI
> it's very similar to other Unix-based systems, therefore the way
> start/stop/restart Freenet manually would be:
>
> - Open a terminal (/Apps/Terminal.app or something like that IIRC)
> - Navigate to the Freenet directory: type "cd /path/to/Freenet" (no
> quotes) where /path/to/Freenet is the actual path to your Freenet
> directory (it should default to /Users/<your-user-name>/Freenet or
> something similar). Hit Enter to execute the command.
> - Type the command "./run.sh start" (no quotes) and hit Enter. That
> should start Freenet.
> To stop: ./run.sh stop
> To restart: ./run.sh restart
>
> Double check that the Freenet directory is owned by your user and that
> the startup script (run.sh) is executable.
>
> Command to change ownership for the directory and all its content (as
> root) "chown <your-user-name> /path/to/Freenet -R" (no quotes)
> Chown = change ownership. <your-user-name> is the user name that you use
> to log in, /path/to/Freenet is the path to the freenet directory. (I'm
> not sure but I suspect that OSX, as other Unix-based OSs, may be
> case-sensitive: make sure you type stuff in the right case: the Freenet
> directory has by default a capital F in the name)
> -R stands for "recurse" into subdirectories.
>
> Command to make run.sh executable (no need to run this as root, as long
> as your regular users owns the Freenet directory and all its content)
> "chmod +x run.sh" (no quotes)
> +x = allow execute
> -x = disallow execute
>
> As for autostart, I don't know what scheduler OSX uses or how to
> add/remove startup jobs. If you can find out with Google, you can
> probably add start Freenet with "/path/to/Freenet/run.sh start" (no
> quotes, as usual)
>
> Sorry I cant give you a complete answer because I don't have a Mac at
> hands and it was quite some time ago since I even saw one, hopefully
> some Mac user will jump in and fill the parts that I left out.
>
Thanks, Luke, your "./run.sh start" instructions for manual restart in OSX
terminal were clear and worked well.
NewbieHarry
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