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Re: [ecs] *brutally* stumped by /etc/profile behavior in Knoppix (SOLVED) Mark Gilmore Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:25:31 -0800

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:25:31 -0800

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For some reason, the "DISPLAY" env var was not defined.
So this fixed it:
         export DISPLAY=:0.0
What I can't figure out is why this was not required on my
previous customized Knoppix CD (which was 3.3 inst of 3.3.2).


At 06:15 AM 2/25/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>When the "knoppix" user is logged at in boot up, /etc/profile is executed.
>I am trying to make it execute ecs in a terminal window (xterm, konsole, etc).
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>My /etc/profile command is:
>         /home/knoppix/startup.sh &
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>startup.sh:
>         cd /home/knoppix
>         sleep 120 (wait to *assure* that X-windows has started)
>         xterm -e ecs.bin & > trace.lis 2>&1
>         ps -aux > trace.lis
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>I *know* that startup.sh *is* executing, as I have traced the execution of 
>every line.
>But the xterm command does *nothing*.
>It reports *no* errors.
>The process list shows *no* xterm.
>ecs.bin is *not* executed (no logs exist).
>If I manually execute startup.sh, it works fine.
>??????
>Thanks,
>
>Mark Gilmore
>http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com
>
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