[SOLVED] how to start an application using the rc.local init script?

sl33p · 07-05-2009, 11:10 PM

Hi guys,

I'm trying to start an application (qBittorrent) as a regular user, on the background (&) every time I enter runlevel 5 (graphical environment) using the script rc.local:

/etc/rc.d/rc.local:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.

touch /var/lock/subsys/local
su sleep -c "qbittorrent %f"
#I tried also with:
#/usr/bin/qbittorrent &
#./usr/bin/qbittorrent &
#source /usr/bin/qbittorrent &

partial $ls /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/ output:

Code:

...
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-04-24 00:42 S99local -> ../rc.local
...

Also, if I run the command:

Code:

$qbittorrent %f

alone in a xterm window, it starts the application correctly.

What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance dudes,
sl33p

Tinkster · 07-05-2009, 11:18 PM

You're trying to run an application before a user owned environment is up.

Either resort to starting the torrent once you're logged in, or use a
command line based client.

Cheers,
Tink

sl33p · 07-06-2009, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster

You're trying to run an application before a user owned environment is up.

Either resort to starting the torrent once you're logged in, or use a
command line based client.

Cheers,
Tink

Thanks for the help.

You mean by "resort to starting the torrent once you're logged in", by running it in a login script, like /etc/.bashrc ??

sl33p

Tinkster · 07-06-2009, 05:47 PM

From an autorun feature, e.g. KDE's autostart directory. That will depend on your
DE/WM ...

Cheers,
Tink

sl33p · 07-07-2009, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster

From an autorun feature, e.g. KDE's autostart directory. That will depend on your
DE/WM ...

Cheers,
Tink

Thanks man, understood.

According to GNOME's documentation, this directory is ~/.config/autostart (user-specific) and /etc/xdg/autostart (system-wide).

Now I'm at work, so when I get home, I'll try it out on my (way better) linux box.

Regards,
sl33p