Howto start mprime automically for (Debian) Linux

[joblack]

It's quite easy to automate the start of mprime

- create a mprime directory in your home directory (in my example joblack - change it for your user name ...)
- create an executable file called mprime in /etc/init.d/

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PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"

. /lib/lsb/init-functions


case "$1" in
start)
su joblack -c /home/joblack/mprime/mprime &
;;
stop)
killall mprime
;;

force-reload|restart)
killall mprime
su joblack -c /home/joblack/mprime/mprime &
;;

*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/mprime {start|stop|restart|force-reload}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

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create a link in /etc/rc2.d called

root root 16 2009-07-09 20:22 S30mprime -> ../init.d/mprime

(ln -s is your friend ).

Now you can start mprime with /etc/init.d/mprime start or it starts automatically if you get in init 2 (normal in debian and a lot of clones like kubuntu).

Other Linuxes have probably slightly different methods but it should be nearly the same ..
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Suggestions and improvements are welcome

[BGK]

Im no Linux expert but, couldnt you simply add the path to mprime in a file that gets checked at startup? For example, in ubuntu you could add /path/to/mprime in the /etc/rc.local file and it should be executed every time the computer starts.

If this would cause issues let me know...

[joblack]

Originally Posted by BGK

Im no Linux expert but, couldnt you simply add the path to mprime in a file that gets checked at startup? For example, in ubuntu you could add /path/to/mprime in the /etc/rc.local file and it should be executed every time the computer starts.

If this would cause issues let me know...

Try it out - I'm not familiar with /etc/rc.local - seem to be something proprietary ... at least you have to make it executable.

[joblack]

Originally Posted by BGK

Im no Linux expert but, couldnt you simply add the path to mprime in a file that gets checked at startup? For example, in ubuntu you could add /path/to/mprime in the /etc/rc.local file and it should be executed every time the computer starts.

If this would cause issues let me know...

You can do that but in that case it would run as root (which you obviously don't want).

[xilman]

Originally Posted by joblack

You can do that but in that case it would run as root (which you obviously don't want).

"man su"


Paul

[joblack]

Originally Posted by xilman

"man su"

Paul

??

[sdbardwick]

man su

[CADavis]

man means read the "user manual" and su means the superuser command

[lfm]

An alternative that works well for me is:

echo "@reboot cd ~/gimps ; ./mprime & " | crontab -

Assuming you aren't already using crontab.

[musicworld1]

i think you have error in this message.

[joblack]

Originally Posted by CADavis

man means read the "user manual" and su means the superuser command

I know but why did he write it.

By the way: su means 'substitute user' and not superuser (you can switch to another (normal) user as well).