rc.local and scipts

simonmorley · 07-03-2007, 01:07 PM

Hi,

I'm trying to create a custom slackware livecd for a project and am almost there however, I'm having problems with rc.local and a script I want to run.

The script is as follows:

while true ; do
su - kiosk -c 'xinit'
done

If I run xinit from kiosk user, my firefox kiosk appears every time perfectly. If I however run rc.local as above, I get:

/bin/bash: xinit: command not found over and over.

If I try

while true ; do
su - kiosk -c '/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit'
done

I get the following error:

/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" in PATH

Use the -- option or make sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path and the "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server for your display. Possible server names include:

Xorg X.Org displays

Giving up...

Having tested this on a debian machine it works fine. I feel like giving up too!

Can someone please help on the final part of the livecd project.

Thanks,

Simon

bioe007 · 07-03-2007, 02:30 PM

I'm not 100% on this, but in slackware root is not supposed to have an .xinitrc and also in the 'root' user path there is not X11R6/bin. you might try modifying the $PATH while in rc.local something like:

Code:

# in rc.local
PATH=/usr/X11/bin:"$PATH"
while true ; do
su - kiosk -c '/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit'
done

and I think rc.local runs with root permissions, so you might have to create a dummy user, and have rc.local call a script with that user's permission?

simonmorley · 07-04-2007, 03:20 AM

Hi, thanks for the reply.

Your suggestion gives the same error as before:

/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" in PATH

Use the -- option, or make sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path and
that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server
for your display. Possible server names include:

Xorg X.Org displays

Still confused why this works on Debian etc. but not here!

Not sure what you mean getting a dummy user - I'm sort of doing that with the kiosk user?

Simon

Alien Bob · 07-04-2007, 03:31 AM

Try adding "/usr/X11R6/bin" to your default PATH variable for login sessions. For this you need to edit "/etc/login.defs" file. It will be clear where to add that path when you open login.defs in an editor.

Eric