[newbie] starting programs at boot

2001-09-15 Thread Paul Rodríguez
I know this has been asked thousands of times before, but a look throught the newbie archives doesn't come up with the answer. How do I set a program to start at boot time? Specifically, I would like rp-pppoe (the adsl connection program, requires root to start), to start and connect me to the

Re: [newbie] starting programs at boot

2001-09-15 Thread etharp
by inserting the command to start the program in /etc/rc.d/rc.local as the LAST line. by putting it last it will give all the other commands a chance to load too. On Saturday 15 September 2001 13:30, you wrote: I know this has been asked thousands of times before, but a look throught the

[newbie] Starting programs ?

2001-03-01 Thread Joan Tur
Hallo! I've configured kppp to start netscape upon connection to internet but i don't know how to get more than one program started instead of only one... If i specify a file (chmod -x) containing one line for each program only the first one starts and, after closing the application, the second

[newbie] Starting Programs at Startup

1999-05-25 Thread michael . thorp
I'm new at using mandrake linux. I've been trying to figure out how to get a program to start when the computer starts up. In DOS, this can be done in the autoexec.bat program. Is there a similar startup file in linux? What would be the syntax to use when starting a program this way?

Re: [newbie] Starting Programs at Startup

1999-05-25 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Tue, 25 May 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm new at using mandrake linux. I've been trying to figure out how to get a program to start when the computer starts up. In DOS, this can be done in the autoexec.bat program. Is there a similar startup file in linux? What would be the syntax