About starting X from init.
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This works:
# tail -1 /etc/inittab
t0:2:respawn:/root/bin/runx
# cat /root/bin/runx
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/X11/X :1 vt10 &
pid=$!
sleep 2
export DISPLAY=:1
set > /tmp/set.log
/usr/bin/X11/xterm >& /tmp/x.log # or your X application
kill $! # or wait $!
# grep PATH /tmp/set.log
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
# pstree
init-+-atd
...
|-runx-+-XF86_SVGA
| `-xterm---bash
...
And init restarts X when your application finishes.
You have probably missed setting PATH to the right thing.
Regards,
/Karl
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From: Joshua Shagam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to start X during bootup as user
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:07:04 -0700
> On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 09:51:07AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote:
> > Am Friday 08 December 2000 09:33 schrieb Joshua Shagam:
> > > 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.
> >
> > Currently I'm trying it this way:
> > X:2:respawn:/etc/init.d/kiosk
> >
> > But it doesn't work the way as expected - same error than before. What do
> > you
> > mean with "-l ...."? I can't find any options starting with "-l" for getty.
>
> At least in the version of getty I have installed (in util-linux 2.10q-1),
> -l specifies an alternate to /bin/login:
>
> getty [-ihLmnw] [-f issue_file] [-l login_program] [-I
> init] [-t timeout] [-H login_host] port baud_rate,...
> [term]
>
> ...
>
> -l login_program
> Invoke the specified login_program instead of
> /bin/login. This allows the use of a non-standard
> login program (for example, one that asks for a
> dial-up password or that uses a different password
> file).
>
>
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