startx and then firefox

Shell Programming and Scripting
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I have edited /etc/inittab to auto login as root in level 3
and edited .bash_profile to auto start x window

I would like to auto start a firefox browser after go into x window.
I tried to add "firefox" in /etc/rc.d/rc.local but no effects.
Anyone have suggestion?

Thanks in advance.

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i have no idea what you did ... but ill tell you what i did and you can take it from there...

*Firsts start the session, mostly like you did
nohup startx -- `which Xvfb` :99 -screen 0 1680x1024x24 & sleep 7

&sleep 7 , is so the session will start and you can still use the same session.

  • Start Firefox
    DISPLAY=:99 firefox & sleep 7
    This will start firefox, you may have to kill the firefox in this session in order to open the other one.

  • Confirm it is up and working
    DISPLAY=:99 import -window root ~/Desktop/screenshot.png

You may need to install magis.... something to take the screenshot.

So startx, open firefox, and take screenshot ...

havent found the way to navigate in x99 using firefox . :frowning: