On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:26:47AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:22 schrieb Joshua Shagam: > > On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:42:57AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > I'm trying to run X from an init script during boot up like this: > > > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > while true; do > > > su - kiosk -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx > > > done > > > > Why are you doing this? Why not run xdm? It's not THAT time-consuming to > > log in when you need the computer. Unless you run Enlightenment, in which > > case the amount of time it takes you to log in is the least of your > > problems. ;) > > Well - this if for a kind of kiosk system. The user will run into a prog > where he/she will only be able to press the finger on the screen. > The Touchscreen is the only device connected to this box, so logging > in makes no sense here.
Ah, okay, that makes more sense. The shellscript is probably the easiest way in that case. Try starting up a getty using your shellscript instead of /bin/login; I believe you'd want to add '-l /path/to/the/shellscript' to the end of one of your getty lines in your /etc/inittab. -- Joshua Shagam /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / No HTML/RTF in email www.cs.nmsu.edu/~joshagam X No Word docs in email mp3.com/fluffyporcupine / \ Respect for open standards
