RealChat Software Version 1.7

Frequently Asked Questions



How do I set up RealChat Server to be started at system startup?

note: you need root privileges to do this.

1. Edit the start/stop script realchat:

Set SERVERDIR to the folder you placed the server into. Do not include the trailing '/'.
SERVERDIR=/home/username/rcs

2. Copy and install the script to your /etc/init.d directory:

cp ./realchat /etc/init.d/
update-rc.d realchat defaults

The script is installed and RealChat will be started automatically next time you reboot your system.


How do I set up RealChat Server to be restarted every morning at 4:30 AM?

note: you need root privileges to do this.

One of our customers ( avg. 50-60 simoultaneous users ) had a problem with Java and RealChat Server got overloaded when running for long time ( two weeks or so ) and solved them by setting up a daily restart of the server ( they are doing it using cron every morning at 4:30 AM ).
You can set it by adding a couple of lines to your crontab file:

# crontab fragment for RealChat service
# restarts the server every morning at 4:30 AM
29 04     * * *     /_FULL_PATH_TO_THE_SERVER_DIRECTORY_/realchat stop > /dev/null
30 04     * * *     /_FULL_PATH_TO_THE_SERVER_DIRECTORY_/realchat start > /dev/null


How do I start the RealChatServer as an NT service?

You can use ServiceMaster ( available for free from: http://www.kcmultimedia.com/smaster/ ) You need to specify the path to server config files as the first argument to the RealChatServer.class i.e:

'java RealChatServer c:\rcs\server\'


Users suddenly get logged off?

This often happens when a user is on a slow connection or your bandwidth gets oveloaded. Known solution is to increase the dropTimeout parameter in your RealChatServer.conf


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