On 03:23 Sun 04 Jan , Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote: > 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
Write the script as above, then execute it via /etc/runlevels/default/local. -- Bill Roberts -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
