Thanks for the suggestions on this list. Took me a couple days of messing around. The following worked the best for me. Hope this helps someone in need!
mark I put the following script named "pd_start" in /etc/init.d/ ################################# beginning of script ############################# #! /bin/sh # Check for missing binaries (stale symlinks should not happen) PD_BIN=/usr/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/bin/pd -nogui -noaudio \ -lib /usr/lib/pd/extra/zexy \ -lib /usr/lib/pd/extra/maxlib \ -path /usr/lib/pd/extra \ -path /home/mark \ /home/mark/netpd_server.pd & ;; ## mind the &!! stop) echo -n "Shutting down NetPd Server" ## Stop daemon with killproc(8) and it 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 ####################### Then I changed the permissions on the file: $ sudo chmod 755 pd_start Then I ran the following command: $ sudo update-rc.d -f pd_start start 99 2 3 4 5 . Where: - start is the argument given to the script (start, stop). - 99 is the start order of the script (1 = first one, 99= last one) - 2 3 4 5 are the runlevels to start It is important NOT to forget the "." period at the end! More info in /etc/rcS.d/README. After hitting enter I get this: Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/pd_start ... /etc/rc2.d/S99pd_start -> ../init.d/pd_start /etc/rc3.d/S99pd_start -> ../init.d/pd_start /etc/rc4.d/S99pd_start -> ../init.d/pd_start /etc/rc5.d/S99pd_start -> ../init.d/pd_start Then I do this to stop my script at shutdown: $ sudo update-rc.d -f pd_start reboot 90 0 6 . It is important NOT to forget the "." period at the end! After hitting enter I get this: usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN] update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] . -n: not really -f: force Then I restart the server to see if it works! $ sudo shutdown -r now AND IT DOES!!! To know which runlevel you are running, simply type $ runlevel more info about runlevels here : http://oldfield.wattle.id.au/luv/boot.html#init This 'HowTo' was compiled using a suggestion from 'samyboy' at: http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/09/07/adding-a-startup-script-to-be-run-at-bootup/ and a thread from the 'pure-data' list at: http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2006-11/043742.html ____________________ mark edward grimm | m.f.a | ed.m megrimm.net | socialmediagroup.org & .com [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 585.509.8703 ______________________________ _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list