How to autostart application with systemd
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