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Linux Applications I cant get "X" app to work... also discussion about linux programs.

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01-18-2003	#1 (permalink)
smonice Just Joined! Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 26	startup appz HELP??? how is it possible to start a program upon bootup. i have a system util called cpudocker (thats the executable command). I tried adding that command to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local as itself with nothing else there but no luck. If anyone knows an easy way to start an app on boot, please let me know asap.

01-18-2003	#2 (permalink)
genlee Linux Engineer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lebanon, pa Posts: 994	that is strange it didn't work in there. Did you get an error at all?

01-18-2003	#3 (permalink)
smonice Just Joined! Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 26	nah it just didnt do anything at all, here is what the files says so far: {#blah blah blah touch /var/lock/subsys/local cpudocker} now do i need to put the path to /usr/local/bin ????

01-18-2003	#4 (permalink)
genlee Linux Engineer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lebanon, pa Posts: 994	Yeah try putting the full path to the binary in the rc.local file /path/to/cpudocker and try that. If that path wasnt set in $PATH, your system has no idea where that command is.

01-18-2003	#5 (permalink)
smonice Just Joined! Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 26	this time i put in: {#blah blah blah touch /var/lock/subsys/local /usr/local/bin/cpudocker} and still nothing.....and its not the program cause it works from the shell normally.....wtf

01-18-2003	#6 (permalink)
genlee Linux Engineer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lebanon, pa Posts: 994	hmm, does it need to be passed any options?

01-18-2003	#7 (permalink)
smonice Just Joined! Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 26	nope, thats all it needs, its a real simple app, just thought it would be nice to load when linux does without having to do it myself. If anyone else knows a different way that will work, please let me know.

01-18-2003	#8 (permalink)
majorwoo Linux User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Daytona Beach, FL Posts: 487	yeah that is pretty odd that it will not work - is there some chance that you turned off the local script? I have seen that done before, make sure it is S99local in the runlevel director __________________ majorwoo Quiet brain, or I\'ll stab you with a Q-tip.

01-18-2003	#9 (permalink)
genlee Linux Engineer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lebanon, pa Posts: 994	I would write a wrapper for it so it saves the output to a file when the system runs it to see what the error is.

01-18-2003	#10 (permalink)
smonice Just Joined! Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 26	genlee: how do i go about doing that??? also majorwoo, how do i go about checking that (for reference, this is an out of the box RH7.3). Thanx guys, i appreciate

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