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On Mon, 19 May 2008 16:21:21 +0100 Steph Foster wrote: > I found some info at http://zattoo.com/en/download/linux?download=1 > > I would expect that there is probably either an executable script or > a sym link in /etc/rc.d/rc.<whatever runlevel yourein> > > eg If youre in multi user X , perhaps you could check > in /etc/rc.d/rc.5/ > > I thought that Ubuntu had a services app to control what gets started > in what run levels if you don't want to delve into the dark & murky > depths of /etc *grin* > > Steph Ubuntu also takes the Debian approach of having everything in rc.2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_level Regard. Grant. > > > > On 5/19/08, Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 08:52 +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > > On Sun, 18 May 2008 11:03:01 +0100 > > > Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for all that info. Mysql was a bad example. I should have > > > suggested something like zattoo > > > > There's no such package in Debian, I have no idea how that package > > is controlled. As it isn't part of Debian, there is no guarantee > > that it will behave as a Debian package should behave - it could > > have all manner of weird control systems. > > > > It doesn't want to download from the website either so I can't help. > > > > For a compliant Debian package, in GNOME, you either control > > background programs via System->Preferences->Sessions or as root > > via /etc/init.d/ and invoke-rc.d. Anything else is just not Debian. > > (Well, maybe 'at' or 'cron' are used too.) > > > > > which I would not want to run very > > > often. Rather than have it running in the background all the time > > > I would start it up manually whenever I wanted to use it. Is that > > > a better example please? > > > > Probably not - you'd have to find out how that package is meant to > > be controlled, via /etc/init.d/ or something else. > > > > -- > > Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > -- > > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > > > > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html