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leboff

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startup script
« on: September 11, 2007, 09:08:33 pm »
I'm trying to run a script that will connect to a synergy server (to share a mouse and keyboard from another computer) but I can't figure out how to get the script to run at boot.  Apparently rc.local does not work. Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: startup script
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2007, 04:18:36 pm »
I have my lcdproc server running on boot by placing a command in the crontab; So long as you can connect to your synergy server by a command in the terminal it should work as a cronjob.

In konsole type sudo crontab -e
then add
@reboot <command>
under the crontab header
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Re: startup script
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2007, 04:46:20 pm »
worked perfectly thank you!