How-to: Boot MLN Hosts into Konsole Tabs

From SOFTICE

Developed by:

• Matt Rideout

Synopsis

This page describes how to modify MLN's startup scripts to boot each host into its own konsole tab.

dcop

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Example Network

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Modifying Startup Scripts

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Completed Startup Script

#!/bin/sh

mco=$(find uml_dir -type s | grep "/server/" )
if [ -n "$mco" ]; then
echo "Host server seems to be up already"
exit 1
fi

echo "Starting server in konsole"

kstart konsole --script
konsole=`dcop | grep konsole | tail -n 1` # identify console process

session=$(dcop $konsole konsole currentSession) # identify current (first) tab
dcop $konsole $session renameSession server # label server tab

# launch server
dcop $konsole $session sendSession "/home/softice/matt/mln/uml/uml-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/linux   \
ubd0=images/server \
eth0=daemon,fe:fd:0:0:f6:6a,unix,network/lan \
ubd2=/home/softice/matt \
mem=32M umid=server uml_dir=uml_dir/server  LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1"



mco=$(find uml_dir -type s | grep "/client/" )
if [ -n "$mco" ]; then
echo "Host client seems to be up already"
exit 1
fi

echo "Starting client in konsole"

session=$(dcop $konsole konsole newSession) # create client tab
dcop $konsole $session renameSession client # label client tab

# launch client
dcop $konsole $session sendSession "/home/softice/matt/mln/uml/uml-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/linux \
ubd0=images/client \
eth0=daemon,fe:fd:0:0:66:c,unix,network/lan \
ubd2=/home/softice/matt \
mem=32M umid=client uml_dir=uml_dir/client  LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1"



mco=$(find uml_dir -type s | grep "/observer/" )
if [ -n "$mco" ]; then
echo "Host observer seems to be up already"
exit 1
fi

echo "Starting observer in konsole"

session=$(dcop $konsole konsole newSession) # create observer tab
dcop $konsole $session renameSession observer # label observer tab

# launch observer
dcop $konsole $session sendSession "/home/softice/matt/mln/uml/uml-2.6.12-rc2-mm3/linux \
ubd0=images/observer \
eth0=daemon,fe:fd:0:0:e5:7b,unix,network/lan \
ubd2=/home/softice/matt \
mem=32M umid=observer uml_dir=uml_dir/observer  LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1"

Screenshot

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References

• [1] DCOP: Desktop COmmunications Protocol
• [2] The MLN Manual