theres are some local boot scripts that are run as root everytime the system comes up. check /etc/rc.d/rc.local. thats at least how Fedora does it.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Nick Cummings <[email protected]> wrote: > Doh! I also meant to add that there are some other tools available for > messing with this stuff that you can install with apt-get. Check out > the packages: > > rcconf > sysv-rc-conf > sysvconfig > > Some of those may not be applicable, I don't know. I've not tried any > of them. > > Alan Bromborsky wrote: > > I have an ASUS motherboard with a builtin realtek sound chip. I am > > running Ubuntu 8.10 amd64 and there is a problem with the os finding > > the sound chip. A work around is to enter 'sudo rmmod snd_hda_intel' > > and 'sudo modprobe snd_hda_intet' after the system boots. I wish to > > automate this with a script. Obviously the script would be: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > rmmod snd_hda_intel > > modprobe snd_hda_intet > > > > The question is how do I give the script permission to run 'rmmod' and > > 'modprobe' and how do I have it executed after the system has booted, > > but before the logon prompt and where should I put it? Thank you. > -- Neil Sikka
