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[dfw55]

First you need to know that I am a TOTAL nooby when it comes to Linux and bash.

I want to do some things when linux first starts up. I wrote a really simple script just as a basic test to make sure I knew what I was doing before I proceeded any further. But, even my simple script is giving me fits!

Now, this script runs just fine when I run it in Geany. I get the splash text and a bash window that shows my prompt.

But, when I copy this script to /root/Startup, when I boot, I get the splash text, but NO bash window. My splash text appears until I close it, and then nothing else happens.

How do I get the bash window to appear showing my "Continue?" prompt?

[sunburnt]

Hi dfw55; I assume you want your script to run at the boot screen?
/root/Startup comes very late in the boot process.
Try putting the line that runs your script in: /etc/rc.d/rc.local
This is run before the desktop is started.

Also you should ask Flash or other monitor to move your thread to the section: Programming

[Karl Godt]

You need to know, that every program that runs forked from background scripts, don't have a controlling terminal .
No controlling terminal means
a) no job control in this shell
and
b) no direct input to shell builtins
.

/etc/rc.d/rc.local does not know about DISPLAY yet and would likely not launch gtk-apps .

/root/Startup would be the place to put it, but needs a termial
like

[technosaurus]

Geany opens a terminal to run scripts, so read works in that terminal. Rather than read, I would use Xdialog, yad or gtkdialog for user input in X.