Working script won't work in rc.local

[Neil Cherry]

Barry Yu wrote:

>     Here is my rc.local file, my script is the last line;
> 
>     #!/bin/sh
>     #
>     # This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
>     # You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
>     # want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
> 
>     touch /var/lock/subsys/local
>     /home/Scripts/./dumon

> xrandr --output VGA --auto --output TMDS-1 --auto --right-of VGA

There's your problem, the rc scripts are not attached to any
terminal and not associate with any display. Starting X apps
in an rc script is not the appropriate place for that script.
That belongs in your .bashrc script so when you login it starts.

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