Re: [SLE] Reset LPT Port on Startup

From: Martin Deppe (Martin.Deppe_at_web.de)
Date: 01/19/05

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    Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:

    > James Knott wrote:
    >
    >> Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
    >>
    >>> Pieter Botha wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> I need to run a program which resets my LPT port on startup (LPT is
    >>>> connected to garden system and if any of the relays are open, then
    >>>> some stuff in the garden are turned on). I see that as soon as X is
    >>>> started, some relays are opened and I need to run a program to set
    >>>> them back off (closed). The software already works, the trick is to
    >>>> start it as soon as X start as well as when the PC reboots. Any hints?
    >>>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> /etc/init.d/skeleton as a base, and make a startup script which you
    >>> can choose when you want it to start, i.e. runlevel 5 (X), etc.
    >>> Also check the admin manual.
    >>
    >>
    >> Why use skelton? That means that all users created after that, would
    >> run that app. It can be started from /etc/init.d/boot.local or
    >> ~/.kde/Autostart.
    >
    > It looks to me like he has created a program to control his garden. I
    > would assume that would run /be needed regardless of which user is
    > logged in. /etc/init.d/boot.local executes before most other scripts,
    > meaning if he needed some other program/process running for his to
    > work, it may not work starting so early in the boot process. If he
    > sometimes started in runlevel 3 he could also have his program run.
    > If he only needed it to run whenever he logged in, in only his user,
    > ~/.kde/Autostart would be fine. I just suspect his garden needed more
    > control than that. ;-) If my logic didn't fit his need, he is quite
    > welcome to hit the delete key and try the next. He was asking for hints.

    <lol> great :-D 

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