How to open terminal automatically at run level 5

gardenair · 06-25-2010, 01:53 AM

hi,
I want that when ever my Red Hat Linux machine use run level 5 it automatically open terminal.Is there anyway to do it?

Normally i see the desktop,Right click on anywhere and click for terminal then it can see terminal.

kbp · 06-25-2010, 03:02 AM

Try System >> Preferences >> Startup Applications

jefro · 06-25-2010, 04:26 PM

Might be a way to put it in an init level as a startup too.

There should be a way to switch out of level 5 with hot keys. Like ctrl alt 1 or F1 or such.

bsat · 06-26-2010, 03:06 AM

put the command to launch a terminal in to the rc.local script.

MrCode · 06-26-2010, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jefro

There should be a way to switch out of level 5 with hot keys. Like ctrl alt 1 or F1 or such.

Ctrl-Alt-F1/2/3/4/5/6 does not switch you out of any runlevel. It simply switches you to a virtual tty, where the X server is (typically) on tty7 when in runlevel 5. You have to actually issue the command init <runlevel> to switch runlevels.

catkin · 06-26-2010, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kbp

Try System >> Preferences >> Startup Applications

If you can't find that you may not be using the same desktop as kbp; for the Xfce desktop it is Menu >> Settings >> Session and Startup >> Application Autostart.

BTW, this isn't really a "run level 5" thing, it's a "desktop session initialisation" thing.

MrCode · 06-26-2010, 10:19 AM

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If you can't find that you may not be using the same desktop as kbp

In that case, maybe recommend a DE-neutral solution by adding an xterm session to your .xinitrc?