Hello guys!

I have a problem that I can't resolve for a long time, maybe you can help me. I have a console application written in dialog, this is a couple of simple function for users. I would like to run this dialog inside virtual terminal called fbiterm, but this virtual terminal needs to be run on system startup and inside them i want to run this dialog application.

I read something about change inittab entries but don't know exactly how run this application inside fbiterm.

Any solutions guys?, would be great
thanks

To generalize your question: you want to start an interactive text-mode application on system boot, but there is no text terminal in which to run the application until after the system has booted and someone has logged in. This is a somewhat common problem. The one workaround that I have used is very messy, and I would be happy if someone could come up with a better solution.
I start up a Gnu screen session. Using some scripting in rc.local, I stuff commands into the screen session, to start up my application(s). Screen is started in multi-user mode, so anyone sufficiently privileged can later connect to the session. The terminal that screen uses initially is an xterm, which uses the virtual X server, xvfb, which is started up before xterm & screen. Much of this would be unnecessary, but for a bug in screen, which causes it to disregard any stuff commands until such time as it has entered the 'attached' state. It can be started in 'detached' mode, and even receive commands in 'detached' mode, but must first have entered the 'attached' state in order to receive any stuff commands. In order to 'attach' during boot time, it requires the terminal, which requires a tty....

Looking for a better way.

--- rod.

The problem is that I don't have X, only raw console, what about that?

man xvfb.
There is no X when a system first boots either.
--- rod.

thank you very much theNbomr, I'll check it.