/etc/ini.d script won't start.

xeon123 · 06-17-2011, 06:21 PM

Hi,

I've created a script that launches checkgmail application.

Code:

~$ ls -la /etc/init.d/checkgmail.sh 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 250 2011-06-18 00:04 /etc/init.d/checkgmail.sh

Code:

#!/bin/sh

start()
{   
    EXE="/usr/bin/checkgmail"
    
# first we check that the program is installed in its usual place
    if [ ! -e  "$EXE" ]; then
        exit
    fi
    
    sleep 20 && "$EXE" &
}

start

I've installed the script with the command

Code:

sudo update-rc.d checkgmail.sh defaults

After that, I reboot the system, but this script won't start. If I run the command /etc/init.d/checkgmail, the application launched. Why the script won't starts during the initialization?

coralfang · 06-17-2011, 08:22 PM

Is checkgmail an X application?
Wouldn't it be more efficient to run this from your window manager startup script?

Because the script is being run before X has started, $DISPLAY hasn't been set and therefore cannot find your screen.

You could try setting:

Code:

DISPLAY=:0.0

in your script.

(if checkgmail does not rely on an X server, ignore this post)

xeon123 · 06-18-2011, 01:42 PM

No, it still doesn't work.

chrism01 · 06-19-2011, 11:42 PM

/etc/init.d contains actual scripts; /etc/rcX.d contains the symlinks for each runlevel X (0-5) that actually call the correct init.d files in the correct order