Use the program 'open' which lets you run a program on a new virtual terminal. THis way your program runs in the background and you can view the dump of its messages in a virtual terminal (Alt-F7++) keys.
If you don't have the 'open' program, install the package. It's named... 'open'. \8) On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Rikki T. Vizcarra wrote: > Hello fellow pluggers, > > Going straight to my problem, I need to run some programs automatically when > my linux box boots up. What's the best way to approach this? To be more > specific, i've got a java application that needs to be run on the system > when it starts. > > So far with what I did, the system did boot up and my application did run, > but since the application doesn't give back the console to the system, other > startup scripts (that should have run after my application) didn't run > unless I terminate the program. The application just lets you see some logs > on things he is doing on the system. > > Is there a good approach to make this work? Is there a way to run the > program on a separate window (for example run it in tty6) when it starts? > > Thanks, > Rikki > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
