autostart an xshell command line?

Forum: HD Install
Topic: autostart an xshell command line?
started by: fitzbean

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Posted by fitzbean on May 31 2005,18:54

Hey all ..Here's a quick q...

When I autostart an command line program, the actual xshell
does not open on the desktop - is there a way to force it to open?  The command line program I am running requires input, and it's not catching the input because the actual window is not open.

Thanks in advance!
Brad

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Posted by mikshaw on May 31 2005,19:15

Try starting the command like this:
rxvt -e <command>

This will launch the program in rxvt so that you can use an interactive commandline program in X.
The rxvt window will close automatically when the program ends.

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Posted by fitzbean on May 31 2005,19:36

thanks mike ...  i actually figured it out in the 20 minutes between my posting and your relpy.. what I didn't know was that the command rxvt existed!  Then i noticed it in the xshell right click menu.

Anyway, here's what I did to autoboot this program in an rxvt window...

make a script file in /etc/init.d/ that changes to the program directory, then runs the program:
i.e.:
cd /path/to/program
./program_file_name

then, I edited .xinitrc in my home directory, and added:
sudo rxvt -e /etc/init.d/name_of_script_file &
right above the fluxbox command

thanks for replying so quickly mike... 'preciate it.

brad

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