Hi there all,

I have a script I have written that I am trying to run on start up. I have put the command in rc.local file but when the computer loads up it trys to run the script over the 'login' entry instead of running it in the background. This causes an issue as my script uses hcitool amongst other bluez commands and it seems that it cannot access these until I have logged in.

To get the program to run correctly I have to enter my login details and then action the script again whereby it works perfectly.

my rc.local file looks like this;

#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.local: Local system initialization script.
#
# Put any local startup commands in here. Also, if you have
# anything that needs to be run at shutdown time you can
# make an /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown script and put those
# commands in there.

mycommand &


I have tried running the command without the '&' but still it doesn't work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Joe

What about just making a separate (executable) rc.your_command file with the command. Maybe that would let it get executed and run in the background.

Hi VV

Thanks for your suggestion. I tried this but it didn't seem to do anything. Do i need to do anything else to get rc.myscript to action at boot or do I just create the file?

Joe

I think this is a case of missing environmental variable(s). Try exporting the environmental variables in the script itself.

I am now outputting the command to a log file so rc.local looks as follows

#!/bin/sh

#:/root:/bin/bash

#/etc/rc.d/rc.local: Local system initialization script.
#
# Put any local startup commands in here. Also, if you have
# anything that needs to be run at shutdown time you can
# make an /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown script and put those
# commands in there.

mycommand > /mydirectory/log/output.log 2>&1


I can now see clearly what the error message is. It seems to relate specifically to the hcitool command in bluez. I get the following error;

hcitool: command not found

However when I log in it finds the hcitool command and executes perfectly

I think your PATH variable is the problem. No doubt it can find hcitool. Put this line in the top of your script:
export PATH="$PATH:_path_to_hcitool"

This worked perfectly thanks man!!!