How (or can) I ---

[Ben Pfaff]

Mike Rambo <mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us> writes:

> This is how I normally start this process but it only works _after_ I
> log into the GUI (either this app or wine requires a X server
> connection). Manually logging in to the GUI is possible I suppose, but
> is undesirable as we are limited in the ability to remotely manage the
> server. I would prefer this to start automagically upon boot from
> rc.local or some such.

Ah, I see.  So why not just run startx from a startup script,
su-ed to whatever user is appropriated, and put the command to
start up the program in .xsession (or .xinitrc depending on
distribution and setup).
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