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RE: [ecs] Knoppix startup hassles Mark Gilmore Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:20:49 -0800

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:20:49 -0800

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Hi Bill,
I can execute *my* pgms fine (including ecs.bin)
But I simply cannot figure out how to run them in a console window
(and hence they are invisible unless you do a active-task listing).
Simple problem. *Extremely" elusive solution.

At 12:02 PM 10/30/2003 -0600, you wrote:

>Mark,
>
>In my TIVO unit, when I want to add programs to execute, I've had to put
>"./" in front of the program name such as:
>
>./var/index/tyindex
>
>what happens if you change your startup line to:
>
>         cd /home/knoppix/ecs
>         echo x > 1.tmp
>         ./ecs.bin &             <---do you really need the ".bin" here?
>
>
>Dunno if this has any bearing on your setup.
>
>Your mileage may vary; I'm a complete linux novice with too little
>experience to have any knowledge about such things at all..... ;}
>
>Bill
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:mark@markgilmore.net]
>Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 11:00 AM
>To: ecs@netbloc.com
>Subject: [ecs] Knoppix startup hassles
>
>
>I added these commands to /etc/profile, but I still get no console
>window upon bootup and auto-login:
>          cd /home/knoppix/ecs                                    (works)
>          echo x > 1.tmp                                          (works)
>          konsole & (a test - trying to get *anything* to come
>up)        (nothing)
>          konsole -e="ecs.bin" &                                  (nothing)
>I know the command are being executed, as 1.tmp is being created.
>If I enter the commands manually, they work.
>Any ideas ?
>To reiterate: All I want to do is to startup ECS in a console window
>when Knoppix logs in the "knoppix" user. All my other login-init cmds
>in /etc/profile work fine.
>Thanks,
>
>Mark Gilmore
>http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com
>
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