Questions tagged [startup]
The startup sequence, from the time the kernel goes live to when all services are up and running.
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How can I launch RetroArch by default on a Batocera Linux system?
I recently installed Batocera Linux on an old PC. It's running a Pentium D 2.8Ghz, NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS, and 5GB of RAM. I had to go with Batocera over Lakka because it wouldn't boot. So, Batocera ...
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Failed to show the preferences dialog GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
I am facing issue in USB Live persistence Kali linux .
I have installed it correctly and everything is going on nicely but after running it sometime i saw that the upper panel is not there it was gone ...
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AppArmor fails to load AppArmor profiles during startup
Woke up to find my system unable to startup with the following lines:
[FAIL] Unable to find AppArmor initscript functions ... failed!
[FAIL] startpar: service(s) returned failure: AppArmor ... failed!...
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Debian Buster fsck failed with exit status 4
I posted this already somewhere else but didn't get any response.
I have updated my raspberry pi from Jessie to Buster now
since then I finally was able to get domoticz working again, but another ...
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disabling part of touchpad at startup
For years I have been manually disabling the 'stick' part of the touchpad on a Toshiba Z30 at startup of Mint. This model has a hardware problem where the mouse moves around by itself.
Have now ...
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Proper systemd initialization in virtual machine?
Have Centos8 instance running in a VM under VirtualBox, without any apparent problems. Got curious one day, and tried:
$ sudo systemctl list-machines
NAME STATE FAILED JOBS
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Crontab or Init.d for startup scripts in linux?
Sorry if I am just dumb about this but I am currently trying to set up my raspberry pi to start a script at startup but I cant seem to figure out which is better to use, Crontab or init.d . I can't ...
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Run command as systemd service with startup delay
I have three java code which they are in this path:
/etc/khar/test-01.jar
/etc/khar/test-01-b.jar
/etc/khar/test-02.jar
I have created systemd service for test-01.jar and test-02.jar and enable ...
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Trying to create a start-up nodejs script Ubuntu
This is the first time I try to create a start-up script for Ubuntu. I need to launch an express server for my API and I have followed Making Node.js service always alive on Ubuntu Server.
So my ...
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linux mint 19.3 login automatically at startup and wake from suspend if connected to home wifi
is there any way to login automatically at startup and wake from suspend only when connected to certain wifi networks (for example wifi at home) on a linux mint 19.3 (ubuntu 18.04) cinnamon?
thanks
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zsh startup - interactive shell not running .zlogin
I have just installed zsh on my Mac (OS X 10.15.2 Catalina), and now am trying to get it working right on a computer running Mint 19.3. The Mac has shared bash startup files with the Linux computer (...
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rc.local doesn't run my app
Hi everyone I'm working with Yocto Linux and I want to run a program while yocto is starting, I finish to configure rc.local, but my program doesn't run and when I run my program with sudo ./app i get ...
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Cron runs a non-existing variant of . sh script
I've been encountered a strange phenomena.
I've been messing with cron, so it runs a script called startup.sh, which it does.
I used the command sudo crontab -e and then entered the following:
@...
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Loud squeak in the start of Kali
When I start Kali Linux, there is a loud squeak. How it can be turned off. Found on the Internet, about Debian but there is no necessary file (fbdev-blacklist.conf). Tell me how I can turn off this ...
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OpenSuSE Leap 15.1 installation: System startup fails because of read-only file system
On a virgin PC I have this problem with a freshly-installed openSuSE Leap 15.1: Installation runs fine, but when booting from hard drive for the first time, the boot menu as well as the "Loading linux"...
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Debian Buster - UUID Does not exist. Dropping to shell problem
I have no idea what I did but when I startup I get this message in BusyBox:
Give up waiting for root file system device. Common problems:
-Boot args (cat /proc/cmdlines)
-Check rootdelay= (did the ...
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Auto-mount cryfs on startup
cryfs requires a password/passphrase entry for mounting a filesystem.
I want to automatically mount a FS at startup
(like calling a script from inside of rc.local to do the job).
(the encrypted ...
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ntpd config optimization
I have an embedded Linux system without RTC, so it (currently) boots with thinking it's Jan, 1st 1970.
I have ntpd installed and started as:
/usr/bin/ntpd -g
with a pretty standard /etc/ntp.conf:
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Environment variable not set after putting it in /etc/environment or .xinitrc
I want to set some environment variables to make fcitx, an Input Method Editor, work.
What I tried:
putting them in /etc/environment like this:
GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
XMODIFIERS=@im=...
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How to setup startup script to run before PostgreSQL server but after mounting disks?
The system is Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS on VM in Azure cloud, with PostgreSQL 12 installed. Data storage for PostgreSQL is on RAID composed from "remote" managed disks. However, every Azure VM has ...
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Systemd service vs .profile to start python program at boot
I have a python application running on a raspberry pi. Since the pi will be used mostly for display (no keyboard except for password input on boot because the pi user home directory is encrypted) the ...
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when will systemd consider my service/application has started
I'm writing an application and use systemd to auto start it as the 1st service. There is some other application which also runs as a service and I want the 2nd service start after my 1st service.
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Linux Mint 19.2 Tina GUI won't startx automatically
I am running a standard Linux Mint 19.2 system. By all accounts every single default was chosen.
The main problem is that X Windows does not want to start automatically. I have a vague suspicion this ...
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KDE Neon: black startup screen with only cursor. Forgot login credentials for Alt+Ctrl+F2 tty terminal
TLDR: After powering on and choosing my OS (I have Win10, Ubuntu, and KDE Neon all on the same disc and every time my computer starts grub(?) gives me the option between the three. Black startup ...
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Method to determine what `Type` of systemd service to use for any given application
I think I have a relatively good handle on the different Type of services which systemd can be configured for (e.g. simple, oneshot, etc).
The docs provide a pretty reasonable overview and ...
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Update script failed to fetch on start-up
I'm working on Debian 9.7.0 without desktop environment.
I've made a script to update my packages and I added in /etc/crontab to run on start-up. Here's the script:
#!/bin/bash
apt-get update &&...
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Kubuntu not starting up after cloning HDD to SSD (dual-boot)
My Acer Aspire 3 was really slow recently, so I decided to upgrade to an SSD (Samsung 860 QVO). To clone the HDD to the SSD, I used 'MiniTool Partition Wizard' on my Desktop PC with both drives ...
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How to start a script before the login password request [duplicate]
On debian 9 i want to start a shell script on a console, who will allow the user enter some information, before the login, password request
This script will be launch only one time (at the first ...
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Linux embedded: boot stopped by “crng init” for LOOOOONG time
I am having heavy problems similar to what discussed in this question.
In my case though, I have a very recent kernel (5.3) for a small embedded processor (mips, mt7628) and boot process stops for ...
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What is the systemd-native way to manage NIC ring buffer sizes before bonded interfaces are set up?
Managing NIC ring buffer sizes with ethtool is simple, for example:
ethtool -G eth0 rx 4096 tx 4096
(Or replace eth0 with whatever interface you need to manage.)
Doing this live is easy.
Trouble ...
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systemd macchanger start job hanging
I am running Arch Linux and I have set up systemd to change my MAC address on startup with macchanger
# /etc/systemd/system/macspoof@.service
[Unit]
Description=macchanger on %I
Wants=network-pre....
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'Minimal BASH like line editing is supported' GRUB Error
I bought a new hp desktop recently which comes with windows 10. I pretty much followed this video to dual boot it with linux Ubuntu (including editing the Grub customizer at the end, but I chose ...
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Setting up a screen session on system startup
I have a raspberry pi on which I'm running some services. I need to be able to ssh into the machine and monitor those services. Currently, what I do is I log in, run screen, then create three windows ...
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Encrypt a disk without having to log in to enter the password
I am using eCryptfs to encrypt the home directory and would like to access files without having the user log in. The program pam_mount will automount encrypted file systems, but it seems like that ...
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How to hide/disable preprompt messages?
When we boot a GNU/linux system it shows lots of messages on stdout. And then, immediately before the prompt it shows something like this:
Linux raspberrypi 4.19.66-v7+ #1253 SMP Thu Aug 15 11:49:46 ...
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Error “cannot open display” on systemd Service which needs graphical interface
I wanted to send a popup on boot with zenify:
zenity --info --text="`hostname -I`" --title="Rpi Local IP" --display=:0.0
So here is my service file:
[Unit]
Description=Display IP at boot
After=...
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Why does my bash terminal startup run the same set of commands twice?
I'm on a Mac and whenever I start up my terminal app the initial startup prints the following:
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -XX:MaxPermSize=4G -Xmx4G
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring ...
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How to autostart more than one app in different workspaces in i3wm
I'm trying to start different apps in different workspaces without using classes.
I have already tried the suggestion at start applications on specific workspaces when i3 starts
by including in i3/...
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Autostart pure-ftpd by running its Perl configuration file at the command line
I have manually built the pure-ftpd on my Raspberry Pi and it runs perfectly fine when I invoke
/etc/pure-config.pl /etc/pure-ftpd.conf
from the command line. I'd like to run that simple command /...
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Stop display settings from reverting back on shutdown
Recently made the switch from windows 10 to linux mint(cinnamon) and was looking to change the display scaling for a 13in monitor. Found out that fractional scaling isn't an option, but found an ...
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Execute a script before login screen
I am trying to run a script before the login screen in Ubuntu 19.04. The script checks if there is an external monitor connected to my notebook and if there is one it changes the resolution to ...
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systemctl custom service doesn't start on boot, but starts OK manually
I have a Debian stretch on RPI. I need to start a custom service on boot up.
/lib/systemd/system/lora-packet-forwarder.service
Service is enabled, but shows up as inactive
lora-packet-forwarder....
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Start systemd service after network is up
This is the first time that I have to mess around with systemd. I can't find a solution how to manage, that my service starts after the network is up.
I try to start knockd.service on startup on my ...
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What is the equivalent of systemd-analyze in CentOS 6?
systemd-analyze is the command to investigate time taken by each service during boot in CentOS 7. Is there a similar utility in CentOS 6 for doing this?
update: extending the question after Lucas' ...
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How to run a process in background on startup?
I'm trying to run a process(myfile) on startup on my yocto linux board, but I'm getting either IOCTL or segmentation fault while I use nohup or & to run in background. I could run myfile in ...
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Program not working after setting script in init.d
I have two programs that need to run on start up. I am using init.d scripts because the virtual machine in my system does not have systemctl. With my configuration program_A is working but program_B ...
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Debian 9 stretch - How to prompt user from rc.local script and echo in current terminal
I need to create an easy to go Debian VM for new developers on my team.
I run a script on boot with rc.local.
This is a small test script :
#!/bin/bash
exec < /dev/tty1
# Checking if user ...
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Launch interactive app from script
I have an application built in C that uses fgets to read user commands from stdin. I want my embedded linux system to launch this application on startup, and put the user in the terminal of this ...
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XFCE Session & Startup Application terminal command to turn on and off
In XFCE4 I can create my own custom start-up commands at Settings Manager > Session & Startup > Application Startup and turn them on or off by clicking on the command's check-box.
Is there a ...
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Fedora 28 hangs when logging in shortly after boot
I am running Fedora 28 on a ThinkPad T460s.
On the first log in, directly after booting, the screen becomes grey with the mouse pointer visible, but I cant move it.
It stays like that for a few ...
