Start On Boot Instructions Don't Work...?

[thejoker101]

I went through the instructions for getting Xampp to start on a machine boot (located here: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/faq-xampp-linux.html#fsl).

However, it still doesn't start up. Also, it is not seen in the Systems Services (runlevel).

I set up the links in both rc.5 and rc.3 and I have verified that they are there.

So... a little help?

[Dave_L]

Does XAMPP start correctly when you use this shell command?

# /opt/lampp/lampp start

[thejoker101]

Yes.

[Oswald]

Dear thejoker101!

Which Linux distro do you use? And what's the full path of your rcX.d directories?

Greetings
Oswald

[thejoker101]

SUSE 10 OSS

I set up the links in both of these directories:
/etc/init.d/rc3.d
/etc/init.d/rc5.d

[Oswald]

Dear thejoker101!

SuSE 10.0 is a little bit stange. You need to set up a symbolic link from /etc/init.d/lampp to /opt/lampp/lampp:

ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp /etc/init.d/lampp

And than use the runlevel editor (expert mode) from YaST to activate XAMPP for the specific runlevels.

Good luck and greetings
Oswald

[thejoker101]

Worked like a charm. Thanks!

In an attempt to prevent questions like this in the future, you might want to append the FAQ entry on how to do this. The link is in my first post.

Thanks again!

[Oswald]

Dear thejoker101!

Perfect!

I updated the FAQ right after my post.

Greetings
Oswald

[teh]

Ok. I also have the same problem, this time for Debian. I'm totaly lost as i cannot find any of these files mentioned in the FAQ.

[Oswald]

Dear Teh!

Did you try /etc/rcX.d? Where X is your default runlevel?

Greetings
Oswald

[teh]

I couldn't see these files at first. I shall try now and see what happens.

Thanks