A quick and dirty approach that may work is creating a cron job for root that uses the @reboot syntax http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-execute-cron-job-after-system-reboot/ The more proper approach would be writing an init script but obviously that's more involved. On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Olwe Bottorff <galanolwe at yahoo.com> wrote: > I've installed via apt-get an app that controls the cpu fan (thinkfan). > Now I'd like /usr/sbin/thinkfan to run at bootup without me having to start > it by hand at the command line. As I understand, it takes root privilege, > i.e., at the command like I start it with >sudo /usr/sbin/thinkfan > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Michael Greenly http://logic-refinery.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120311/c5ad5b70/attachment.html>