[python-win32] Python Service error 1053: the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion

[Richard Zinn]

Hi, I've implemented the MyService.py example from the py2exe samples
directory using Python2.6, on my Windows XP SP2, and I get the error
1052...did not respond in a timely fashion immediately when I run the
MyService.py, or the MyService.exe, or if I install it as a service using an
NSIS installer script I wrote, and start it using the windows service
manager.
Any ideas?  Here is the code reduced to just the essentials:

import win32serviceutil
import win32service
import win32event
import win32evtlogutil

class MyService(win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework):
    _svc_name_ = "MyService"
    _svc_display_name_ = "My Service"
    _svc_deps_ = ["EventLog"]
    def __init__(self, args):
        win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework.__init__(self, args)
        self.hWaitStop = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None)

    def SvcStop(self):
        self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOP_PENDING)
        win32event.SetEvent(self.hWaitStop)

    def SvcDoRun(self):
        import servicemanager
        log("running")

        win32event.WaitForSingleObject(self.hWaitStop, win32event.INFINITE)
        log("stopped")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine(MyService)

I've seen other posters with similar problems, but with theirs it doesn't
work in the .exe, but in my case it doesn't work when I run the .py either.
 The traceback in python says:
> python MyService.py

Collecting Python Trace Output...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\win32\lib\win32serviceutil.py", line
399,
in StartService
    win32service.StartService(hs, args)
pywintypes.error: (1053, 'StartService', 'The service did not respond to the
sta
rt or control request in a timely fashion.')


Thanks in advance,
Richard
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