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RE: [ecs] Still looking for where to place the cmd Mark Gilmore Sat, 01 Nov 2003 05:17:00 -0800

Sat, 01 Nov 2003 05:17:00 -0800

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Sorry for the confusion, but this auto-startup effort is for a Knoppix 
private-label vsn of ECS.
I am just trying to get it to work under RH9 1st, so I won't waste weeks 
blindly burning
Knoppix test CDs (and I need to know how to do this basic task anyway).
So I still need to know where to place my command,
*or* preferably why my links in /Autostart have no effect.
Thanks,

At 09:37 PM 10/31/2003 -0800, you wrote:

>I agree completely that making ECS a daemon that runs in the background
>without a user interface is the proper way to solve all the problems
>Mark has struggled with, from automatically starting to the bind problem
>(assuming that I identified that correctly). With ECS as a daemon, there
>is no need for autostarting. Or even for logging in in the first place.
>
>But do be aware that X will (usually) NOT be up when the scripts in
>/etc/rc.d/rc5.d are executed (/etc/rc5.d is a redhat-specific link, and
>actually not a very good idea to have).
>
>Everything in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d is executed completely during bootup. X is
>actually NOT launched during the boot phase. Rather, *once the boot
>phase is completed*, Linux sets up seven terminals. You can switch back
>and forth between them with Alt+F1 through Alt+F7. Then, Linux launches
>the applications specified in /etc/inittab. In six of the terminals, it
>runs /sbin/mingetty. In the seventh terminal, it runs /etc/X11/prefdm
>-nodaemon. This is the X login screen, and it will also start the X
>server at the same time. So X is definitely NOT running when
>/etc/rc.d/rc5.d is executed. The only time it would already be running
>is if you start or stop certain individual services.
>
>As an aside, the script actually should be in /etc/rc.d/init.d.
>/etc/rc.d/rc5.d should only contain a link.
>
>On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 17:44, Rob Hicks wrote:
> > Mark,
> >
> > Why not just create a shell script and place it in /etc/rc5.d/ with an
> > execution number high enough that it will execute after everything else has
> > run. rc5.d runs only when the system is set up for run level 5, or X. 
> Thus X
> > should be up. I assume that you want X running in order to launch a 
> browser?
> >
> > My preference would be to have ECS run as a daemon that can be attached to
> > with a browser, either on the local machine or on remote machines. Then 
> when
> > a user logs in, you give simply give them a desktop or panel link to launch
> > the browser and go to the ECS sign on page.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:mark@markgilmore.net]
> > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 4:51 PM
> > To: ecs@netbloc.com
> > Subject: [ecs] Still looking for where to place the cmd
> >
> > OK - Let me try asking it another way (focusing on RH9 for now):
> > When I log in, I want RH9/Linux to start a terminal (i.e. "konsole" or
> > "gnome")
> > session and run a command within that session (the cmd being "konzole
> > -e="ecs.bin").
> > In *what* file would I place this command ?
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark Gilmore
> > http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com
>
>
>
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