++++ How to autostart application with systemd | ==== Example for creating Qt application autostart on TQMa6x BSP ==== 1. Create file **/lib/systemd/system/demo.service** with following content : [Unit] After=multi-user.target Description=start Qt demo [Service] Type=forking RemainAfterExit=no ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd-demo start ExecStop=/lib/systemd/systemd-demo stop [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target.wants 2. Create file **/lib/systemd/systemd-demo** with following content : #!/bin/sh case "$1" in start) echo 0 > /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/cursor_blink /usr/bin/qt5-examples/quick/touchinteraction/touchinteraction ;; stop) killall touchinteraction ;; *) echo "usage: $0 [start|stop]" exit 1 ;; esac 3. make system-demo executable.\\ 4. create symlink demo.service in **/etc/system/system/multi-user.target.wants** that points to the file **/lib/systemd/system/demo.service** : cd /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ ln -s /lib/systemd/system/demo.service demo.service ++++ ++++ How to autostart application with initd | 1. Move to **/etc/init.d** and create the startscript that you want to autorun on system boot. nano /etc/init.d/startscript 2. Use the following command to make the script executable. chmod +x startscript 3. Create a symlink to the script in **/etc/rc.d** ln -s /etc/init.d/startscript /etc/rc.d ++++