[Bug 882254] Re: /etc/rc.local is not executed at startup

[Dylan Howey]

@Matt Miller:

The shebang in the rc.local script reads "#!/bin/bash -e", where the
"-e" means that the script will immediately stop if any command in the
script fails. The fact that file 2 did not appear on your desktop means
that there was a problem with your "xbacklight" command.

Some playing around shows that rc.local runs pretty early on compared to
other things when the system is booting. It's completely possible that
you're trying to run "xbacklight" too early (e.g., the X server probably
hadn't even started yet) and it had failed as a result.

Try putting a short pause before you run that command; do this by adding
the line "sleep 30" before the line where you're trying to dim the
screen. This tells the machine to wait 30 seconds (or whatever amount of
time you want) before moving on to the next line of the script. I'm
willing to bet that this will fix the problem that you're having, as
well as Lindsey334's and Chad William's.

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Title:
  /etc/rc.local is not executed at startup

Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  /etc/rc.local is not executed at startup in 11.10. In 11.04 this was
  not the case. Is there any alternative?

  Greetz,
  Florian

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: upstart 1.3-0ubuntu10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct 26 22:15:00 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: upstart
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-24 (2 days ago)

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