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On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:59:08AM +1200, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
> Message from Steven
> ===================
> 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
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 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
> -------------------------------------
> tty1::respawn:/bin/sh -c /tmp/goXvesa
> -------------------------------------
> 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.

I thought I had solved this with my editing of /etc/inittab but was mistaken. 
Between all the editing and rebooting, I 
had forgotten what I did and its effects. So, I'm now looking into 
implementing a more proper solution like you've 
suggested here, Steven. Thing is, I don't want to go automatically into mgp. 
I'd rather just have regular Xvesa start 
up. I've made a menu item that loads links and takes me to the dir where my 
mgp files are. I also tweaked links 
appropriately so it open mgp files with mgp. So, how would I go about 
starting just the normal Xvesa on boot? Could I 
just put 

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tty1::respawn:/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/startx
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Also. Will the new BL3.5 links function as a drop-in replacement for the 
current links in BL3.4? I assume the ftp 
server access problem has been addressed with the new links.

Thanks,
James