auto run script
 

Hi,

I have one problem interms of auto run script.

I had one application that sets the mixer settings (incase of oss driver).

I want to run this application executable whenever i switch ON my machine.

So can u tell me what should i do??
where should i kept this exe and what is procedure ??

-Prashant

add it to /etc/rc.local if you're on a system like redhat or fedora.

It can be different from a distro to an other, but in mine (Debian based) I just put the application shortcut in /home/...(username)/.kde/Autostart and it will be runed every time I log in.

Hi,

Thankx for ur reply....

I am using Montavista Linux pro 4.0. It dosen't have /etc/rc.local file.
It has, dir structure .....
/etc
|
/rc.d
|
/init.d /rc0.d /rc1.d /rc2.d /rc3.d /rc4.d /rc5.d /rc6.d /rcS.d
| | | | | | | | | |


I am not able to understand where should i put exe?
and one IMP point is that ...only putting exe in specific dir is ok ? or need to make any entry in somewhere in file/table/script ..otherwise how did os recognize that there is new exe that should be run by itself?

-Prashant

You should include more details in your post. For example: putting your distro in your profie; and in the post indicating the name of the application if it isn't one you wrote yourself; the type of application, gui or cli based; if it is a gui program, which window manager you are using, such as KDE or Gnome.

please post the content of this file: /etc/inittab

Yves.

content of file: /etc/inittab


# /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration.
# $Id: inittab,v 1.91 2002/01/25 13:35:21 miquels Exp $

# The default runlevel.
id:3:initdefault:

# Boot-time system configuration/initialization script.
# This is run first except when booting in emergency (-b) mode.
si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS

# What to do in single-user mode.
~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin

# /etc/init.d executes the S and K scripts upon change
# of runlevel.
#
# Runlevel 0 is halt.
# Runlevel 1 is single-user.
# Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user.
# Runlevel 6 is reboot.

l0:0:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 6
# Normally not reached, but fallthrough in case of emergency.
z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin

# What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now

# Action on special keypress (ALT-UpArrow).
#kb::kbrequest:/bin/echo "Keyboard Request--edit /etc/inittab to let this work."

# What to do when the power fails/returns.
pf::powerwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail start
pn::powerfailnow:/etc/init.d/powerfail now
po::powerokwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail stop

# This line provides a nice out-of-box experience. For regular use, you
# should replace it with the proper getty lines below.
con:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty console

# /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels.
#
#
# The "id" field MUST be the same as the last
# characters of the device (after "tty").
#
# Format:
# <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
#
# Uncomment these for a devfs system
#
#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 vc/1
#2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 vc/2
#3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 vc/3
#4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 vc/4
#5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 vc/5
#6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 vc/6
#
# Uncomment these only for non-devfs systems
#
#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
#2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
#3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
#4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
#5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
#6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6

# Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)
#
# Uncomment these for a devfs system
#
#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L tts/0 9600 vt100
#T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L tts/1 9600 vt100
#
# Uncomment these only for non-devfs systems
#
#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
#T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100

# Example how to put a getty on a modem line.
#
# Uncomment this for a devfs system
#
#T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 tts/3
#
# Uncomment these only for non-devfs systems
#
#T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3

OK so the interesting script here is /etc/init.d/rc
Could you post the content of this one?

Yves.

/etc/init.d/rc file
-----------------------

#! /bin/sh
#
# rc This file is responsible for starting/stopping
# services when the runlevel changes.
#
# Optimization feature:
# A startup script is _not_ run when the service was
# running in the previous runlevel and it wasn't stopped
# in the runlevel transition (most Debian services don't
# have K?? links in rc{1,2,3,4,5} )
#
# Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
# Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>
#
# Version: @(#)rc 2.78 07-Nov-1999 miquels@cistron.nl
#

# Un-comment the following for debugging.
# debug=echo

#
# Start script or program.
#
startup() {
case "$1" in
*.sh)
$debug sh "$@"
;;
*)
$debug "$@"
;;
esac
}

# Ignore CTRL-C only in this shell, so we can interrupt subprocesses.
trap ":" INT QUIT TSTP

# Set onlcr to avoid staircase effect.
stty onlcr 0>&1

# Now find out what the current and what the previous runlevel are.

runlevel=$RUNLEVEL
# Get first argument. Set new runlevel to this argument.
[ "$1" != "" ] && runlevel=$1
if [ "$runlevel" = "" ]
then
echo "Usage: $0 <runlevel>" >&2
exit 1
fi
previous=$PREVLEVEL
[ "$previous" = "" ] && previous=N

export runlevel previous

# Is there an rc directory for this new runlevel?
if [ -d /etc/rc.d/rc$runlevel.d ]
then
# First, run the KILL scripts.
if [ $previous != N ]
then
for i in /etc/rc.d/rc$runlevel.d/K[0-9][0-9]*
do
# Check if the script is there.
[ ! -f $i ] && continue

# Stop the service.
startup $i stop
done
fi
# Now run the START scripts for this runlevel.
for i in /etc/rc.d/rc$runlevel.d/S*
do
[ ! -f $i ] && continue

if [ $previous != N ] && [ $previous != S ]
then
#
# Find start script in previous runlevel and
# stop script in this runlevel.
#
suffix=${i#/etc/rc.d/rc$runlevel.d/S[0-9][0-9]}
stop=/etc/rc.d/rc$runlevel.d/K[0-9][0-9]$suffix
previous_start=/etc/rc.d/rc$previous.d/S[0-9][0-9]$suffix
#
# If there is a start script in the previous level
# and _no_ stop script in this level, we don't
# have to re-start the service.
#
[ -f $previous_start ] && [ ! -f $stop ] && continue
fi
case "$runlevel" in
0|6)
startup $i stop
;;
*)
startup $i start
;;
esac
done
fi
# eof /etc/init.d/rc

OK. As you see from the first file, you're in runlevel 3. As you see from this second file, you will thus more or less execute all /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K* then S* scripts.
Could you run (as root): ls -l /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/
You'll probably find that one service there is named S##*local* (a S* link with "local" in the name), if that is so, post the content of this file (the link probably points to a file in /etc/rc.d/init.d).

Yves.

ls -l /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Mar 30 2006 S10syslog -> ../init.d/syslog
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Mar 30 2006 S19nfs-common -> ../init.d/nfs-common
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 30 2006 S20inetd -> ../init.d/inetd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Mar 30 2006 S88demo -> ../init.d/dvevmdemo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 30 2006 S90mvltd -> ../init.d/mvltd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Mar 30 2006 S99rmnologin -> ../init.d/rmnologin


so here, no any service named S##*local*. ??

Suppose i put my exe in "/etc/init.d/". will it work??

nope, won't do a thing. what distro are you using? if you want to add a local service you'd just create a link from S99local in your chosen runlevel directory as above, to /etc/rc.local and then ad whatever command to that script, after setting /etc/rc.local as an exectuable script.

I am using Montavista Linux Pro 4.0
There is no any /etc/rc.local file .
I have mentioned already distro and the dir structure under /etc

oh yeah, fair enough... so as above then... does that make sense?