Jack Coates mused: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 09:42, Michael Holt wrote: >> Jack Coates mused: >> > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 07:58, Michael Holt wrote: >> >> How can I start / stop the gpilotd manually? >> >> I want it to get started when the machine boots but I'd like >> to >> >> be >> >> able to shut it off manually. >> > >> > In a terminal, type >> > >> > pkill gpilotd >> > >> >> AAAHHHH!!! DUH!! I'm sorry I'm very distracted this morning :/ >> >> Ok, killing the thing isn't really a problem - starting it when >> the machine boots would be nice. :) >> I got a little frustrated trying to find the actual 'gpilotd' >> on/off button. I'd like to be able to run the gpilotd as an >> init >> script, but I don't know where it lives. I did some googling >> around but had no luck. >> >> Anyway, thanks Jack! > > NP :-) > > if you've got a sessions-capable window manager, your configger > will > have some sort of a "start these programs" tool. Otherwise, put an > executable script into ~/Desktop/Autostart/ and call it from > there. If > you go that route, look our for how you edit the script -- > Anything in > the folder will be executed, including ~ backup files.
It's not so much that I can't start the program; the start program is 'gpilotd-control-applet'. The thing is, I just want to put my visor in it's cradle and hit the sync button - I've been using jpilot, but you have to hit the button on the cradle then click the sync button on jpilot and sometimes that doesn't work and if you don't hurry, it times out and you have to start over on the series of clicks and button pushes. Gnome-pilot is supposed to have the gpilotd (daemon) which runs in the background. Now once you've started it via the applet / dialog (which also brings up a dialog box asking you to confirm the device and settings), you can hit the cradle button to sync and it works great. The problem is that I don't leave this machine on, so I don't want to have to manually start that applet each time and even if it does start automatically, I still need to hit the 'ok' button each time. I just want it to start silently in the background. I can't seem to find any documentation that covers what I want it to do. -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrake.com ============================================================<
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