ts-7000
[Top] [All Lists]

RE: [ts-7000] Auto Run

To:
Subject: RE: [ts-7000] Auto Run
From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 18:40:46 +0100 (BST)


On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, Arie Rechavel wrote:

> There is a file xinitrc (not ~/.xinitrc) in /etc/x11/xinit folder.
> Are you referring to this file? If not in what folder should the file
> ~/.xinitrc be created ?

"~" should be a clue for all but a novice :-)
~ in this context is short for the user's home directory.

check out the man entry for startx. If you don't have a handy full install 
of linux somewhere to use (and you should, it makes things so much easier),
then google for it.


> -----Original Message-----
> From:   On Behalf
> Of Kevin Cozens
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:56 AM
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Auto Run
>
>
> On 10/06/2009 06:22 PM, njar09 wrote:
>> to auto login, I modified the file /etc/inittab as follows:
>> #1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
>> 1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f root tty1</dev/tty1>/dev/tty1 2>&1
>>
>> To autostart x windows I added at the bottom:
>> x::wait:/usr/bin/startx
>
> That seems a bit odd but if it works, good. The typical set up would be
> to use inittab to set the default run level to 5 and have a line in the
> file that would do the startx for runlevel 5.
>
> inittab is not the proper place for starting up an X windows program. In
>
> a typical X Windows system you would create a file called ~/.xinitrc and
>
> put the commands you need to start your application in that file. The
> commands should have "&" at the end or only the first command will be
> run.
>
> -- 
>
> Cheers!
>
> Kevin.
>
> http://www.ve3syb. <http://www.ve3syb.ca/> ca/ |"What are we going to do
> today, Borg?"
> Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 |"Same thing we always do, Pinkutus:
> | Try to assimilate the world!"
> #include <disclaimer/favourite> | -Pinkutus & the Borg
>
>


------------------------------------

Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/

<*> Your email settings:
    Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/join
    (Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
     
    

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

Disclaimer: Neither Andrew Taylor nor the University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering take any responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU