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Old 06-22-2010, 11:59 AM   #1
gusblake
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Startup scripts don't get executed


Hi,

I have this script that I want to be run on startup:

Code:
#!/bin/bash

#chkconfig: 5 80 20
#description: sets default screen brightness

smartdimmer -s 10
I copied this file into /etc/rc.d/init.d and made it executable, then ran

Code:
chkconfig --add defbrt
and the symbolic link appeared in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d.

When I execute the script manually from the command line, the screen brightness goes down to the right level, but it just doesn't happen on startup.

I have tried doing a simple script like

Code:
#!/bin/bash
touch test
and manually copying it into the correct folder, but that doesn't work either.

What am I doing wrong? When I did this on Debian (with update-rc.d, but essentially the same result) it worked fine.

Cheers,
Gus
 
Old 06-22-2010, 04:17 PM   #2
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Try adding the full path to the executable file (smartdimmer), like
Code:
/usr/local/bin/smartdimmer -s 10
Crone for example has different enviroment settings (like $PATH). Maybe init works the same.
 
Old 06-23-2010, 04:50 PM   #3
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Thanks; that was exactly it.
 
  


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