Starting programs at boot time.

glore2002 · 07-10-2008, 04:37 AM

Hi!

What is the best way to tell Slackware to start programs at boot time? For instance, I would like Kwifi to start running when Slackware starts.

Thanks,
Glore2002.-

ghostdancer · 07-10-2008, 05:32 AM

I would use a simple SysV script (like the one below), and add path to start the program, save it into /etc/rc.d/init.d directory. Name it as anyway you like (maybe as kwifi for your case). Then make the symbolic link from rc3.d and rc4.d to kwifi.

Code:

#!/bin/sh
    
case "$1" in
'start')
# Add the program to start after the line here

;;
'stop')
# Add the method to kill the task or shut it down

;;
*)
    
echo "Usage $0 start|stop"
esac

Or, you can simply add the command into /etc/rc.local (the traditional way).

Vit77 · 07-10-2008, 05:46 AM

As far as I understand, this soft is for KDE. So, you can just put a link (or some starting script) into ~/.kde/Autostart directory.

ghostdancer · 07-10-2008, 05:52 AM

Oh ya... That should be more correct.

glore2002 · 07-10-2008, 09:44 AM

Thanks for your help!
By putting a link, Do you mean writing Kwifi in ~/.kde/Autostart?

When I get home, I will try and let you know if it worked.

Thanks again,
Glore2002.-

bgeddy · 07-10-2008, 12:12 PM

From the command line when logged in as your user..

Code:

ls -s $(which kwifimanager) ~/.kde/Autostart/

Should do it.

glore2002 · 07-10-2008, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bgeddy

From the command line when logged in as your user..

Code:

ls -s $(which kwifimanager) ~/.kde/Autostart/

Should do it.

Thanks guys! When I write the code above, kwifi doesn't start at boot time. Am I doing something wrong?
What should I do to create a link in that folder?

Thanks again,
Glore2002.-

bgeddy · 07-10-2008, 08:01 PM

Sorry - I must have mistyped that line - it should be :

Code:

ln -s $(which kwifimanager) ~/.kde/Autostart/

this should create a link in ~/.kde/Autostart pointing to kwifi manager.

This will start kwifi manager when kde is started.

Apologies again for the mistype - will have to get new glasses !

glore2002 · 07-10-2008, 08:18 PM

It works ok. Thank you bgeddy!

Glore2002.-