Re: [ros-users] auto start ROS launch script on boot up

Hi all,

I forgot to mention that my answer was for setting up a headless system,
on an embedded platform not running a X session/gnome session.

A different requirement altogether...

On 10/12/10 13:59, Kar-Wing Chan wrote:
> Hello Cedric,
>
> Thank you for your reply. Yes, I'd like to have a terminal session
> startup automatically and then automatically start a ros launch file
> from within it.
>
> I figured out how to start the terminal automatically from a .sh file,
> but couldn't figure out how to get that terminal to start the launch
> file automatically. Would you know how?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Kar-Wing
>
> On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 13:48 +0200, Cedric Pradalier wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I don't know if this it THE right way, but I use a custom /etc/init.d
>> script and I start my roslaunch within a screen session, so I can log in
>> later and check the status easily. I find that easier than daemonizing
>> it directly.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> On 10/12/10 13:46, Kar-Wing Chan wrote:
>>
>>> On an Ubuntu 10.04 system, how do I get a launch script to start up and
>>> run (and stays running) when ubuntu powers up?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
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