User`s guide

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4: Running the SGI Media Server

Controlling the Autostart of VST

By default, VST is conﬁgured to autostart when the system boots. As superuser, you can

control the autostart of VST at boot time using the chkconfig command with the vtr

option. The following enables automatic startup:

# chkconfig vtr on

The following disables automatic startup:

# chkconfig vtr off

Starting VST Manually

You must be root to start VST. Start VST with the following command:

# /usr/vtr/bin/vtrstart

vtrstart: Starting video server

Note: The message is displayed only if the system has verbose logging enabled

(chkconfig verbose on).

If VST is already running, vtrstart displays an error:

vtrstart: Video server is already running (use -f to force restart)

As indicated, to stop the VST instance currently running and start a new VST instance,

add the -f option:

# /usr/vtr/bin/vtrstart -f

vtrstart: Stopping video server

vtrstart: Starting video server

Stopping VST

Stop VST with the following command:

# /usr/vtr/bin/vtrstop

vtrstart: Stopping video server