Thorsten Kampe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > I'm looking for a solution to "hook" somekind of a boot menu into the > boot process. Something like
> '"Do you want to start the GUI (kdm)? [Y]es [N]o' If I select "Yes" > within five seconds "/etc/init.d/xdm start" is executed - otherwise > not. > What's the best way to do this without changing or hacking baselayout > (?) to much? Is there an "API"/hook that allows that? You can do this by creating a file in /etc/init.d/ following the standard runscript format, and which uses the Bash `read' built-in to prompt the user. Then just use rc-update to make it be run at boot. Implementing a 5-second timeout in bash is probably not going to be pretty -- but I believe it can be done. You might want to use C or python to do it instead though. -- Jeremy Maitin-Shepard -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
