memcached not starting on boot

Hi there,

What run level is currently configured as the default on your system? You'd be able to see that at the top of /etc/inittab.

Also, can you try running 'update-rc.d memcached defaults'

Thanks!

Chris

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure how to check the run level cause
/etc/inittab doesn't exist on my system however when running update-rc.d
memcached defaults I get this:

System start/stop links for /etc/init.d/memcached already exist.
Died at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 57.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Asaf

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> What run level is currently configured as the default on your system?
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>
> Also, can you try running 'update-rc.d memcached defaults'
>
> Thanks!
>
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Apparently ENABLE_MEMCACHED=no by default
in /etc/default/memcached

I changed it to 'yes' and it works fine (it would be great if someone would
mention it somewhere)

Thanks for your time,
Asaf

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:49 PM, cmeiklejohn <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #87423 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/87423
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> cmeiklejohn requested for more information:
> Hi there,
>
> What run level is currently configured as the default on your system?
> You'd be able to see that at the top of /etc/inittab.
>
> Also, can you try running 'update-rc.d memcached defaults'
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris
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Hi there,

Glad your problem is resolved!

The package install states that this should be enabled for memcache to run, and the traditional start mechanism /etc/init.d/memcached honors this setting when requesting a start or stop.

Thanks!

- Chris

After a day of Google'ing and many many attemps at solving this issue, the magic solution for me was...

update-rc.d memcached defaults

Thanks everybody for posting your solutions. Big help!

 - Dom