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SO I can't seem to get my udev script to work in order to start up abcde for auto ripping.  

my udev rule is in a file called: 

/etc/51-autoripcd.rules

and it contains the following line

    SUBSYSTEM=="block", KERNEL=="sr0", ACTION--"change",  RUN+="/usr/bin/cdautoinsert &"

which should run the following script /usr/bin/cdautoinsert if a CD is inserted:

   #!/bin/bash

   PATH=/usr/lib64/ccache:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin  

   /bin/abcde -NVP | tee /var/log/abcde-auto.log  

   exit

I can only get this script to run if I run it directly with sudo.  I can't seem to get it to start on CD insert or without sudo from the command line. Part of that I realize is a permissions thing,  but I can't seem to get to any of it on inserting a CD.

Anyone have any experience here?

tnx
73
Tim

(11-Jul-2021, 01:29 AM)Coacharnold Wrote: [ -> ]SO I can't seem to get my udev script to work in order to start up abcde for auto ripping.  

my udev rule is in a file called: 

/etc/51-autoripcd.rules

and it contains the following line

    SUBSYSTEM=="block", KERNEL=="sr0", ACTION--"change",  RUN+="/usr/bin/cdautoinsert &"

which should run the following script /usr/bin/cdautoinsert if a CD is inserted:

   #!/bin/bash

   PATH=/usr/lib64/ccache:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin  

   /bin/abcde -NVP | tee /var/log/abcde-auto.log  

   exit

I can only get this script to run if I run it directly with sudo.  I can't seem to get it to start on CD insert or without sudo from the command line. Part of that I realize is a permissions thing,  but I can't seem to get to any of it on inserting a CD.

Anyone have any experience here?

tnx
73
Tim

Hi Tim, I seem to recall that 'eject' needs to be installed for that to work. I may be wrong but that's first thought.
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=eject

Please try the following:

1. Create a custom.service file similar to this
   Code:

   [Unit]
Description=My custom startup script
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
# run my_startup script as user root
#
User=root
ExecStart=/bin/bash /home/xx/my_startup.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
2. Copy custom.service to /etc/systemd/system
   
3. Reload the config: sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   
4. Start the service: sudo systemctl start custom
   
5. Check the service status: sudo systemctl status custom
   
6. If all ok, enable the service so it runs automatically: sudo systemctl enable custom
   

More systemctl info here
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/t...-and-units