Automatically Start the CrashPlan Service on Boot in Ubuntu 9

We have received reports that the CrashPlan engine does not start at boot time for Ubuntu 9 installations. The issue only occurs at system boot time; the process may be started at any time using /etc/init.d/crashplan or bin/CrashPlanEngine without issue. This problem is only present on Ubuntu 9; it has not been reported on any previous version of Ubuntu or on any other Linux distribution.

We will be fixing our installation process to provide a more robust fix for this issue, but for now the following workaround should resolve the issue.

1. Shut down the CrashPlan engine if it is running
2. Open bin/CrashPlanEngine and replace this line:

nice -n 19 ${JAVACOMMON} ${SRV_JAVA_OPTS} -classpath "${CP}:./lang" com.backup42.service.CPService > ${TARGETDIR}/log/engine_output.log 2> ${TARGETDIR}/log/engine_error.log &

with the following:

FULL_CP="$CP:./lang"
start-stop-daemon -v --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --background --chdir $TARGETDIR --start --nicelevel 19 --exec $JAVACOMMON -- $SRV_JAVA_OPTS -classpath $FULL_CP
com.backup42.service.CPService > $TARGETDIR/log/engine_output.log 2> $TARGETDIR/log/engine_error.log

Everything from “start-stop-daemon” on should appear on a single line.