Re: [Summary-Talk] Summary 2.6 final is now available

[John May <jmaymailing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just installed 2.6.2 with this new startup method.  Working great so
far.  Will let you know if I see any problems with it.  Thanks!

	- John


>Sounds cool.  We run, I think it was Scott Haneda's, startup script
>that just does an initial launch, then have PageSentry watch it and
>let us know if it's down for manual intervention.  I didn't like
>having all the added lines to the System.log without changing the
>logging level.  But, even though a freeze is a very rare occurence,
>obviously it's not as reliable.
>
>Is there any way to go back to the "normal" behavior once Install
>Summary Service.command has been run?  I would think to remove the
>startup item, but would the Summary app then behave as usual?
>
>	- John
>
>
>>This new Macintosh only feature is still a work in progress. Currently,
>>it installs a startup script and changes how the "Summary" application
>>works (monitoring the log instead of starting up Summary processing).
>>
>>There is some status monitoring and restarting, which generally works,
>>but it hasn't proven sufficient in all situations. The "cron" approach
>>mentioned in the manual is currently slightly more reliable. That is why
>>this whole thing is not documented yet.
>>
>>Jason
>>
>>
>>John May wrote:
>>>>
>>>   What type of "service" does it run as?  Does "Install Summary
>>>   Service.command" install a startup script or something?  Does it
>>>   monitor itself and restart if necessary?
>>>
>>>>   3) Install Summary to start automatically whenever the machine reboots.
>>>>   This is not fully documented yet, coming soon. Basically, you run
>>>>   Summary at least once by double clicking the "Summary" application, then
>>>>   quit Summary, then double click the "Install Summary Service.command"
>>>>   script in the SummaryService folder inside the extras folder. After that
>>>>   Summary will run in the background at all times and the "Summary"
>>>>   application can be used to monitor it's log.
>>
>>--
>  >Jason@Summary.Net

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