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

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster (Post 3597949)

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

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

Cheers,
Tink

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster (Post 3598958)

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