[vdr] Re: how to start VDR on a multiboot machine?

["Ulrich Petri" <ulope@gmx.de>]

Niko Tarnanen wrote:
> 
> Hi everybody,
> 
> 
> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Sascha Volkenandt wrote:
> 
> > This will make your linux boot in different runlevels (see 
> Ulrich's Mail) and
> > you can add vdr-scripts to the runlevel-3 directory, and your
> > x-windows-scripts to the runlevel-5 directory. The second 
> part is the default
> > on debian systems if I remember right.
> 
> Thank you all for your help. Using runlevels seems like a convenient
> choise with a multiboot machine. Debian seems to use runlevel 2 as
> default, so I'll try to modify runlevel 4 for VDR operation.
> 
> What kind of scripts are you using to start VDR? I'm not that familiar
> with scripting yet. Are you using the 'runvdr' or some selfmade
> scripts?
> 
> When VDR starts at bootup, how do I get logged in automaticly without
> giving the username & pw? I think the VDR needs to autologin as root,
> because the DVB drivers must be loaded and the VDR must be able to
> shutdown the PC after a scheduled recording. Am I right?

If you call vdr (or a script that starts vdr) from the init scripts the
user root is used as default. And no you dont need to supply the
username/password anwhere :)

Ciao Ulrich



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