Hi all,
hope someone can help me out with this. I'm running a min install of Debian on an embedded board. I've only installed xorg as I use graphics. So from a start up script I call startx then my software. Whatever I did I couldn't get my software to start from the start up script. However after some inversigation I've found that when x starts my software keeps running (or rather crashes) in another run level. Level 3 I think? When I call startx my runlevel changes (think to 5), however my software still runs in 3, as no x is running in three it crashes.

Does anyone know a work round for this? Can I change run level in my start script first or can I make x run from the same level as startup?

I'm using Debian. Thanks in advance

I think you use the init or telinit cmd as in

telinit 5

to switch to runlevel 5

Try to describe what are you exactly trying to do, post code. You are making some strange assumptions there.

It's not a matter of runlevels. If X programs can't find a valid $DISPLAY they will fail to load. But that's nothing to do with a runlevel or another.