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Message from Steven
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James wrote:
>
> I want Xvesa to start immediately upon booting BL3. 
> I know I should be editing /etc/inittab to get this 
> but I'm not sure exactly _how_ to edit it. 

First create:  /tmp/goXvesa
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PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
Xvesa -terminate -screen 800x600x15 &
sleep 1
DISPLAY=:0 mgp /usr/share/mgp/lesson4.mgp
---------------------------------------------------

Then edit:  /etc/inittab
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tty1::respawn:/bin/sh -c /tmp/goXvesa
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Leave other lines untouched.

If you want, you can put a menu in goXvesa 
to select which lesson.mgp to display.  The
respawn will then return to the menu after
each presentation, allowing you to select 
a new one.

Cheers,
Steven