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

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majorwoo

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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.

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majorwoo

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Dolda2000

Try modifying the line in rc.local to this:
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

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majorwoo

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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.