thanks derek! This all looks very promising! I will try some of this later tonight and i will let the list know what works... (unless someone already knows what works:)
...no im not running X. its optimized to run with just a power cord and and network cord :) best mark --- derek holzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > mark edward grimm wrote: > > > I took a look at this thread: > > > http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2004-10/022984.html > > > > and gave it a whirl with no luck on ubuntu... it > seems > > like there should be an easier way to do this. > > I took a bunch of notes from various sources on > this. Almost all are > from posts on the PD list, however I don't have the > authors names > attached anymore. Apologies to the original posters! > > But anyway, you should be able to find a solution > somewhere in these > suggestions! It largely depends on whether or not > you are running X > (which I imagine on a server you are not!) > > best, > d. > > ----------- > > to autostart on linux > > > > put a symlink in your rc3.d (or with whatever > runlevel you boot by default, > this is set in /etc/inittab) > > called S19pd_start (any number, but be sure, all > other important processes > are started before/lower numbers...) to a script > named pd_start > > > > linux then calls this script with the argument > "start" when booting. the > script "pd_start" looks like: > > > > ################################# beginning of > script > ############################# > > > > > > #! /bin/sh > > # Check for missing binaries (stale symlinks should > not happen) > PD_BIN=/usr/local/pd/bin/pd > test -x $PD_BIN || exit 5 > > case "$1" in > start) > echo -n "Starting PD" > ## Start daemon with startproc(8). If this > fails > ## the return value is set appropriately by > startproc. > /usr/local/pd/bin/pd -nogui -noadc -audiobuf > 20 -r 22050 \ > -lib /usr/local/lib/pd/pdp/pdp \ > -lib /usr/local/lib/pd/externs/zexy \ > -path /home/marius \ > -path /usr/local/lib/pd/pdp \ > -path /usr/local/lib/pd/externs/zexy \ > /home/marius/application.pd & > ;; > ## mind the &!!! > stop) > echo -n "Shutting down FOO " > ## Stop daemon with killproc(8) and if this > fails > ## killproc sets the return value according > to LSB. > > kill 'cat /var/run/pd.pid' > ;; > > restart) > ## Stop the service and regardless of whether > it was > ## running or not, start it again. > $0 stop > $0 start > ;; > > *) > echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}" > exit 1 > ;; > esac > > ################################## end of script > ####################### > > > > > > > > > > -- /etc/rc.d/rc.local: > #!/bin/sh > echo -n "starting pd..." > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > /usr/local/bin/pd_start > -- > > -- /usr/local/bin/pd_start: > #! /bin/sh > echo -n "starting pd..." > PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin > cd /home/glui > pd -verbose -nogui -nomidi \ > -lib /usr/lib/pd/extra/OSC \ > -lib /usr/lib/pd/extra/zexy \ > -open > /home/glui/proj/LIDARmacher/pd/GPlayerStereo.pd & > -- > > > > ######################## > > > make an ".xinitrc" file in your home directory. in > it put something like: > > hdspmixer & > > you can also safely put other stuff in there if you > like: > > jackd -d alsa & > pd -jack mypathc.pd & > xterm > > but you might be better off doing this in some other > star script and > killing X after you know hdspmixer has been run. > you only need to run > hdspmixer once - this initializes the card somehow. > > --------- > > to login to X automagically > > use mingetty on tty1 with the option --autologin > you set that in /etc/inittab > > mine says this: > 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 > > change it to something like this: > 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --autologin > myusername tty1 > > where "myusername" is the name you want to log into. > > then in .bash_profile under "myusername", you'll > want somthing to > automatically startx, like this: > > if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]; > then > startx > fi > > > > ################### > > Using this script you can run Pd as a daemon: > > scripts/debian/init.d/pd > > That means you can do this kind of stuff: > > /etc/init.d/pd start > /etc/init.d/pd stop > /etc/init.d/pd restart > > You'll most likely need to use it in -nogui mode, > but it does that by > default. You can configure which user account pd > runs === message truncated === _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
