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clearloon

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Registered: 2009-01-07

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rc.local

I'm trying to run nvclock at boot and my rc.local looks like this:

#!/bin/bash
#
# /etc/rc.local: Local multi-user startup script.
#

/usr/bin/nvclock -f -F 30 &

It's not working and I can't figure out why - can you help?!

singral

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Registered: 2009-09-21

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Re: rc.local

as far as i know in rc.conf you can only add deamons to boot at start up and modules to load.
Normal apps you want to start at boot up you start when you log in and have separate config file depending on DE/WM you use.

perbh

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Re: rc.local

It should be perfectly allright what you are doing - try to debug it somewhat, ie

echo ":: Starting 'nvclock' ..."
if [ /usr/bin/nvclock -f -F 30 & ]; then echo ":: success!"; else echo ":: failure"; fi

Btw - I presume you have tried to run it from the command line and it works then?

Xyne

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Re: rc.local

@singral
Not exactly.
You can run anything from rc.local (I use it to set some LEDs and run cronwhip once at startup, neither of which are daemons or modules). Generally though you will only run system apps though.

You're right though that normal/user apps are usually started with the DE's/WM's autostart configuration.

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graysky

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Re: rc.local

Does that nvclock command need to run as root?  If not you can use the following in your /etc/rc.local:

su username -c /usr/bin/nvclock -f -F 30 &

Last edited by graysky (2009-09-22 19:51:19)

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bender02

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Re: rc.local

Another problem might be that it needs to be run while X is running.

Xyne

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Re: rc.local

Another problem might be that it needs to be run while X is running.

To follow up on that, if nvclock is a graphical application (X-based), then you should start it in your DE's/WM's autostart file, not rc.local.

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slightlystoopid

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Registered: 2009-09-10

Posts: 61

Re: rc.local

@singral
rc.conf != rc.local

if it is as graphical as it sounds, and you want it running regardless of DE/WM, you could probably put it in your ~/.xinitrc

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clearloon

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Registered: 2009-01-07

Posts: 79

Re: rc.local

Thanks for all the suggestions! Annoyingly, none of them have worked!

The command reduces the fan speed on my nvidia graphics card - I want to do it to reduce noise.

I would prefer that it ran for all users in all sessions, hence I'd like ti to run out of rc.local.

Driving me nuts!

derelict

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Registered: 2006-07-25

Posts: 81

Re: rc.local

You could try adding it to /etc/profile or to /usr/bin/*-session entries. Not the cleanest way, but if it works...