I f you put the task in the background with th "&", I think that you can't interact with it anymore (?). hope this helps Francisco PicDude wrote: >I need to start an app automatically in Linux when the system boots, >and I need it to have control of the keyboard, but somehow this is >not happening. I've added the app to rc.local as: > "appname 2>/dev/null &" >and it starts up fine, but ignores the keyboard. > >It may have something to do with a new tty I defined in inittab >to allow me to log in from a serial terminal. > >Anyone know how to force the app to use the keyboard as it's >input device? > >Thanks, >-Neil. > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: >[PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > > > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads