how to run a script before starting X [solved]

[solarian]

Hi!

 

I want my OS to run one command every time on boot before startx (X)

(on runlevel 5 and 3)

 

I want it as root run something like this: /usr/share/program/program -param1 -param2

 

Where do I write in that command line in Fedora as well as in Mandriva?

 

Thanks, you're the best!

[dexter11]

xinitrc ????????

[solarian]

So I can edit the xinitrc config file to add a command I wish to be executed before X starts?

[pindakoe]

Anotehr place: Daemons / services are usually started from /etc/init.d/ via the System V init system. You can define for which run levels this should be done, so level 3 and 5 in your case.

 

Yet another place: .bash_profile (per user) or /etc/profile (all users) after their logon has been completed.

[coverup]

Anotehr place: Daemons / services are usually started from /etc/init.d/ via the System V init system. You can define for which run levels this should be done, so level 3 and 5 in your case.

 

Yet another place: .bash_profile (per user) or /etc/profile (all users) after their logon has been completed.

I concur with the above. Commands/scripts which you want to run after all init scripts have finished and before X starts must be put in /etc/rc.local which is symlinked to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:

$ head /etc/rc.d/rc.local
#!/bin/sh
#
# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.

[camelrider]

When placing commands in .xinitrc use an ampersand at the end of each command except the last one to enable the script to coontinue until all commands are completed.

Example:

rxvt -geometry 108x44+0+0 &

exec startkde

[coverup]

When placing commands in .xinitrc use an ampersand at the end of each command except the last one to enable the script to coontinue until all commands are completed.

Example:

rxvt -geometry 108x44+0+0 &

exec startkde

IMHO, .xinitrc is not always a right place to put commands. As the name suggests, this file is for X init stuff - like in the example above. If the commands you want to use are not related to X (e.g., networking, printing, starting/stopping daemons, mounting/remounting of partitions), place them in rc.local

[solarian]

Thanks for the info, guys!

I already solved my problem through other means, but this is useful to know.

Edited January 26, 2007 by solarian

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Through other means? Could you post the solution here for others or state that you decided not to do it this way (abandoned it)?

[solarian]

Well, the problem was that FC didn't detect my laptop wide screen correctly and didn't offer resoltuions I needed.

Hacking xorg didn't fix the problem, because it was a chip bios problem.

So I found out on the net that there is a special script (915 resolutions) that fixes my problem.

Unfortunately it had to be launched in a no X environment.

 

Anyway, because of a problem with wifi I installed Mandriva ONE 2007 on my laptop and upon resolution selection it offered me to automatically install 915 resolutions and set it up to launch it every time before X upon boot.

So my solution in this case is to run Mandriva ONE instead of Fedora Core 6 on my laptop. :D