I have this extremely simple script called startmyth:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
sleep 10
export DISPLAY=:0.1
exec /usr/bin/mythfrontend &
when I execute it as ./startmyth, it works fine. But when added to Gnome's startup applications (System > Preferences > Startup Applications), Mythtv does not start! What gives?
If i type command
Code:
export ROOT=$(pwd)
directly into a terminal i can see my current directory as a value of enviromental variable ROOT. I can check it with printenv command.
Same command does nothing when executed from a script. Why?
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I have a single kernel with 2 menu entries in grub like following:
Boot(gfx)
Boot(text)
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Code:
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It's not a big problem, but whenever I restart ubuntu, drive D: does not automatically open so SongBird initially cannot locate the files. What I want to happen is that when ubuntu starts, drive D: is already loaded, so that the applications can grab the files they need from that drive automatically without me having to manually open drive D: everytime ubuntu starts.
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#!/bin/sh
sleep 3s;
xsetroot -solid "#303030"
[code]....
Autostart kinternet with Gnome?
I recently switched desktops. Kinternet connects fine with Gnome, but it doesn't start up with Gnome. I tried putting kinternet into the Gnome startup, but kinternet errors when it starts.
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Error - KInternet Connection to local and remote server refused. Maybe smpppd is not running or you are not member of the group "dialout". Also check the server settings in the dialog "Various Settings". OK
The error to the calling shell looks like this:
Starting kinternet --kicker
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network socket
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network socket
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buildsycoca running...
I'm trying to set up Virtualbox to run as a service so that it auto starts the VM when the PC boots and shuts down the VM when the PC is shut down.
I've found a set of scripts that do this but set up of the scripts was written for Ubuntu so I'm stuck at one of the steps.
The set of scripts can be found HERE
The part of the install that I'm not sure about is the part in bold. I know what it's trying to do (basically start the script last during the boot process and stop the script first during shutdown) but don't know how to do it in oS.
VBoxTool currently consist only of a set of scripts. With this scripts, virtual machines of VirtualBox in a Linux headless server can be controlled. Start, stop, save, backup and show status of sessions in batch mode from the command line.
Usage and installation is tested only on Ubuntu. Please report if a specific function is not working in another environment, say OpenSUSE, Fedora, etc.
INSTALLATION:
absolutely positive, but I think the following is a bug in/etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh
24# Make GTK apps look and behave how they were set up in the gnome config tools
25if test -x /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon >/dev/null; then
26 /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon &
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