On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 10:20 -0500, jim lawrence wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:15:34 +0000, Paul Johnson > <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How do I start a service to run from start up - I don't have a windowing > > system set on the machine, so s-c-s is out of the question. > > > > Thanks > > > > Paul > > -- > > "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy" > > - Life of Brian, Monty Python > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > -- applications--->System Settings----> Server Settings--->Services > you can choose one of those OR > > Applications---> Preferences-----> More Preferences ----->Sessions > Clickcthe Start-up Programs tab > Click Add and type in your app you want to start when you log in. > > > Still Learning Linux > Still HaTE Microsoft > ************************************ > Registered Linux User: #376813 > > jim lawrence > Jim, Paul said he does not have windowing running. Your suggestions are for when X is running. Paul, The commands chkconfig and service are your friends here, as are the scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d If, for example, you are running in runlevel 3 as you indicate, you can first look at what services are running, and what services are available with the command # chkconfig --list This will give you a complete table of all knows services with the status for each runlevel (on or off) Use "# man chkconfig" for all the info on how to use that command. To find out what runlevels a service is set to run in (even if it is not running right now) the command "head /etc/rc.d/init.d/<service name>" will give you a few lines. The line that looks like this # chkconfig: 2345 10 90 tells you the service is set to run at runlevels 2,3,4,5 with the start sequence number 10, and to be stopped with the stop sequence number of 90 in all other run levels. If your earlier listing of services shows the service you want to run is off for your runlevel, then the command "# chkconfig <service name> on" will reset the service to be on in the configured runlevels. The next boot will start it, or you can do it by hand with "# service <service name> start" There are many more options available. As I said, use man to find out all of them and how to use the commands. HTH Jeff
