starting application on startup (script)

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Dear All,

I am trying to launch a qt application on startup with autologin.(Beagleboard XM)

While the autologin part is successful,(I made change in /etc/inittab).I am not able to autostart the qt application.

I tried all the methods mentioned here,

http://billforums.station51.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=55 and

http://gumstix.8.n6.nabble.com/Application-auto-run-when-angstrom-boots-up-td659001.html

I found the default run level to be 5 and I created soft link in rc5.d. But my script file when executed from command line is working.?What could be the possible reason?

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Ok after trying different things… One solution worked out for me. I added the following line in the /etc/inittab

oth:2345:once:/home/username/file_to_run

But seriously dont know what is oth. But my application autostarts on boot.!

For autologin, I have written a script and called it in /etc/inittab. This goes for autoboot.

Thanks fellas!