Cronmanager 2.3 for OE2.0

which error ?


works perfect:

Hi friend, i have install a crond manager plugin, the istall is ok but, if i add a crod line not write in crond daemon.
I have created the crontab file with crontab -e but not lunch the scripts i have insert in this file.
Tha crontab daemon is runnig.
Why?
I want reboot every day a dreambox.

Thanks for help me.

Why using the crondmanager plugin? The preinstalled DMM busybox-cron works well and is not buggy anymore as in OE1.6 Images.

crontab -e will edit /etc/cron/crontabs/root (busybox-cron standard), maybe the plugin has defined his own crontab path, then "crontab -e" will not work. Try crontab -e -c </path/to/plugin/crontabfile>, if this option is available. Maybe the crondmanager uses its own crontab binary ...

how to use busy-box cron
crontab -e|-l|-r|-c
/etc/init.d/busybox-cron start|stop|restart|reload


online on the newnigma2 feed you will find (vixie-)cron, which works as well as busybox-cron ...

As tested, the GUI of the crondmanager Plugin didn't make me happy

Thanks for your help but i have a question for you:
if i digit ps -e i don's see the crond daemon but only cron daemon.
if i digit /etc/init.d/busybox-cron start the crond daemon staran when i reboot the dreambox the crond daemon not running. Hove to is possible make running the crond daemon before restart?
Thanks ad sorry for my english.
Hi

Which Image(version) is installed? NN² v4.0.5?

I testet busybox-cron on my DM7020HD with NN² v4.0.5y yet. You're right that the crond daemon is not running after reboot, it have to be started manually. In further versions it worked. There must be a "new" bug in busybox-cron in OE2.0. It seems, that busybox-cron is not added to systemstart. Maybe the NN² Team has "deactivated" busybox-cron on systemstart, because there is vixie-cron on the feed, but I'm not shure!

Try this to fix:
update-rc.d busybox-cron defaults

and start busybox-cron manually
/etc/init.d/busybox-cron start

after reboot crond should start automaticly now



2nd solution:

delete all (busybox-cron) crontabs and stop busybox-cron
crontab -r
/etc/init.d/busybox-cron stop



and install cron from the online feed
opkg update
opkg install cron


and reconfigure your crontabs and restart cron manually the first time:
/etc/init.d/cron stop
/etc/init.d/cron start

vixie-cron should work "out of the box" after reboot

Thanks friend, i use NN 4.0.5. Now the daemon crond is running. I have another question for you: what's the cron daemon?

root@dm800se:~# ps x | grep -v grep | grep cron
550 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/crond -c /etc/cron/crontabs
584 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron

Thanks

It seems, that you didn't stopped busybox-cron before installing vixie-cron as I told you

/usr/sbin/crond -c /etc/cron/crontabs -->> busybox-cron
/usr/sbin/cron -->> vixie-cron

stop busybox-cron and after next reboot only the vixie-cron deamon should run. busybox-cron is without function now, becouse cron has been overwritten /usr/sbin/crond. The init.d startscript of busybox-cron is not working any longer.
If you fixed busybox-cron autostart before, it's better to deactivate

only cron should found


if not, remove like this:
update-rc.d -f busybox-cron remove




now only cron should run after next reboot. And note, that vixie-cron doesn't use the same crontab file as busybox-cron. Maybe you have to add your crontabs once again. check with crontab -l

Sorry, if my instruction was not clear - but I did my best

Hi friend, i have make the second solution
2nd solution:
delete all (busybox-cron) crontabs and stop busybox-cron
crontab -r
/etc/init.d/busybox-cron stop
and install cron from the online feed
opkg update
opkg install cron
and reconfigure your crontabs and restart cron manually the first time:
/etc/init.d/cron stop
/etc/init.d/cron start

insert i crontab this istuction
root@dm800se:~# crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.20076 installed on Sat Nov 2 11:51:42 2013)
# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $)
0 5 * * * /var/script/reboot
0 12 * * * /var/script/CCcam2.0.11-oscam-rc1.10.emu

but not lunch the script

Thanks

vixie-cronn works for 100%, I use it all day

did you start vixie-cron or reboot the box?

The folder /var/script does not exist in Newnigma2. Did you created /var/script or created a symlink to /usr/script where the scripts should be?

add this crontab to test cron


and restart cron


/etc/init.d/cron stop
/etc/init.d/cron start

every minute cron writes the date and time to /tmp/crontest, if this work, your scripts are buggy

for debugging
cat /var/log/messages| grep cron

Thanks Fred for your support. Now is all OK. Very very thanks