script to open pseudo-terminal at user login to GUI: ubuntu (kiwi) 10.04

zev42 · 11-26-2010, 01:30 AM

hello all,
I've been able to write a basic script that opens a terminal and echo's a lil message
my issue, i want it to open its pseudoterminal as soon as i log into GUI
the script:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
if [ $1 = "start" ]
then
	echo `gnome-terminal -x bash -c "echo 'standard daemon modified' ; bash"` 
	sleep 4
elif [ $1 = "stop" ]
then	
	echo "standard daemon executed"
	sleep 4
elif [ $1 = "restart" ] 
then 
	echo "standard daemon resurrected"
	sleep 4
fi

ive tried putting it in /usr/bin as an .sh file
while simultaneously adding it to the /user/share/gnome/autostart dir

also, editing the .bashrc and or .bash_profile (s) in /home/*user*
and other locations only once yeilded my chosen echo, and that only after i had opened the pseudo terminal manually.

any and all help is most appreciated, im not looking for a handout, but nudges are good!
(note, the script is chmod'd to 755, and hence, executable by root or reg users. thx)

Snark1994 · 12-07-2010, 10:39 AM

I think it should be:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
if [[ "$1" -eq "start" ]]
then
	echo `gnome-terminal -x bash -c "echo 'standard daemon modified' ; bash"` 
	sleep 4
elif [[ "$1" -eq "stop" ]]
then	
	echo "standard daemon executed"
	sleep 4
elif [[ "$1" -eq "restart" ]]
then 
	echo "standard daemon resurrected"
	sleep 4
fi

But if not, try putting debug code in. At the start:

Code:

echo $1 >> ~/initScriptDebug

and then, for example in the first "if" clause:

Code:

echo "Entered 'start' clause"

That way you know what it thinks $1, and also whether it's an error in your syntax so that it's not executing the commands you think it is (as I believe the problem is) or whether the commands themselves don't work

Hope this helps

EDIT: Tell a lie, '=' is the same as '-eq'. Looking at the code on http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/comparison-ops.html, perhaps try putting the $1 in quotes? (example above amended)