startup appz HELP???

[majorwoo]

i cant believe it happened, but i always check the simple stuff first. If you are booting into X (which i would imagine)

ls /etc/rc5.d/ | grep local

make sure it returns

S99local

if it doesnt then do

chkconfig local on

[smonice]

it returns s99local, wtf am i doing wrong here. is there anything i need to put before the command to run the app???? i mean this is exactly what i have and should work.

{#blah blah blah

touch /var/lock/subsys/local

/usr/local/bin/cpudocker}

[majorwoo]

try adding a

#/bin/sh

line to the top of your S99local script - it should be there by default

(also is there a possibility that the program IS running on startup, but is doign something funny?) remember that S99local is executed before you login into X, so if this is some kind of X app maybe it isn't running the way you want it too...

try adding somethign like

touch /tmp/s99local_script_ran

and after you restart check if the file exists

ls -l /tmp/s99local_script_ran

if you add this the touch line after your cpudocker call and the file shows up in /tmp then the cpudocker program WAS called, it is just not acting the way you want it to.

[Dolda2000]

Try modifying the line in rc.local to this:

/bin/sh -c "cpudocker" >/tmp/cpudocker 2>&1

Then see if /tmp/cpudocker contains anything useful.

[smonice]

ok majorwoo, it did in fact make that file, im using Xwindows if that make a difference in what i am doing. i just want the app to load when i log into the box, cant believe this is such a pain. will the app pop up if i log in as root or does it have to be a different user???

Dolda2000, says command not found in that file, do i need to substitute the bin/sh for where my program is loaded??

thx

[majorwoo]

no, do this

/bin/sh -c "/path_to_program/cpudocker" >/tmp/cpudocker 2>&1

dolda assumed cpudocker was in your PATH so if your cpudocker program is in /usr/local/ do

/bin/sh -c "/usr/local/cpudocker" >/tmp/cpudocker 2>&1

[smonice]

all it says is {cpudocker: cant open display. Sorry......}

what the hell does that mean.....maybe it is trying to start the app when x login boots and not actually when i get logged in....any way to circumvent that....??

thanx again for all your help

[genlee]

It needs an x server running appearently so rc.local won't work in this case. Not sure where you can put the command to execute after you log into x.

[smonice]

ok thanx all and if anyone knows a way to do it, let me know.

[Dolda2000]

If you use GNOME, find Session Preferences in the control panel and add it to the startup list.