Re: automatic boot up and login - VNC related

[rehenry <rehenry-at-up.net>]

Hi Dan

On Sunday 10 March 2002 10:22 am, Dan Falck wrote:
> I set up VNC again yesterday with the 2.12 BDI system.  As soon as I
> figure out how to run Lyx, I will send Ray a document on how I did it.
> My question today is:  How can one set up the EMC BDI system to log in
> automatically and launch a program right after it logs in?  It has
> something to do with rc.d or an rc file somewher, but I am a weekend
> warrior when it comes to this and haven't figured it out yet.
> Also, I have forgotten how to set up to NOT  boot into  X.  When I boot
> up now, I type in 'linux 3' at the lilo prompt. This gets me there
> temporarily.

You can skip x by editing /etc/initab like the snip below.

-----snip from initab-----
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
#   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#   1 - Single user mode
#   2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have 
networking)
#   3 - Full multiuser mode
#   4 - unused
#   5 - X11
#   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:3:initdefault:

---end---

Since you plan on using networking you want to use runlevel 3 rather than 
2.  I believe that you could add a script or link to a script in 
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d that would start your VNC and EMC sans the x-windows 
stuff if you want to get to the complete blackbox notion on boot.  

> It's kind of funny how I decided to set up VNC on this particular
> machine.  The monitor is not cooperating on the X set up, so I got fed
> up and am using it through VNC on my Apple Cube under OS X.  It does
> run adequately this way- the speed is a little slow, since there is a
> slow 10 base T network between them.  But it is OK.

How does operating using tkemc through VNC feel?  Would you be 
comfortable running your RF 45 that way or is the response to slow or 
squishy?

Ray