On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Sergi Pons Freixes > <sachiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> With the new Xorg, I need to run the command: >> >> setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x0200 irq 5 autoconfig >> >> At every boot to get the stylus working in a Tablet PC. I have put the line in >> /etc/rc.local, as it contains "all the things which are not daemons that you >> want to run at boot". >> >> But it is not working. KDM (therefore, X) starts without using the stylus. If >> I switch to a terminal, run the command, and the return to X, the stylus is >> recognised. >> >> Any clue about what is I am doing wrong? I know that the command can not be >> executed from an X terminal (this is why I switch to a "normal" terminal), but >> running it from rc.local should work, right? > > Fully qualify your executables- PATH is probably not set. > > /usr/bin/setserial ... If that doesn't work, I'd suggest a udev rule. It's entirely possible the device isn't there when rc.local is run.
