WAIT COMMAND in startup-sequence???

[utukku]

I need to delay the user-starup sequence from being run, by at least 10 seconds. I have tried the following:


IF EXISTS S:User-Startup
WAIT 1 MIN Execute S:User-Startup
EndIF


And
WAIT 1 MIN
Execute S:User-Startup


But it does'nt work.

Anyone see what and where I'm going wrong?


cheers


utukku

[Samurai_Crow]

The second variety should work. Is that the only call to S:User-Startup in the startup-sequence? Also, did you try C:Wait as your wait command?

[Daedalus]

When you say it doesn't work, what exactly happens? Does the startup-sequence fail? Error message? Does the User-startup get executed immediately? Does it get skipped entirely?

[PeterK]

If you only want to delay the execution of the user-startup but not of the startup-sequence then you would need a command sequence with run and "+" for executing the following command, too:

If EXISTS S:user-startup
   Run >NIL: Wait 1 MIN +
   Execute S:user-startup
EndIf

[utukku]

Thanks ! Using the first line, it seemed skip it altogether the second seemed to delay the entire boot process, but not the user-startup.. I will give the last suggestion a go.
Thanks again
Utukku

[Samurai_Crow]

The last suggestion will do what you want but if the rest of the startup sequence takes less than a minute, Workbench and the rest of the utilities in WBStartup won't have access to the assigns and other scripted utilities in the user-startup script.

[daxb]

The question is why do you want to delay the user-startup?

[utukku]

Originally Posted by daxb

The question is why do you want to delay the user-startup?

The reason why, is that the user-startup runs all the assigns and starts the CNet 5 pro bbs software. But I have a ZZ9000 card installed, and the cnet software prevents the final setting of the screen mode. SO I have the "intuition is trying to reset" etc etc, which sits there and the only way (I've found) is to close Cnet let the screenmode be set then restart Cnet.


Obviously this isn't ideal, so I thought If I delayed the Cnet startup long enough, everything would be ok.

The reason why, is that the user-startup runs all the assigns and starts the CNet 5 pro bbs software. But I have a ZZ9000 card installed, and the cnet software prevents the final setting of the screen mode. SO I have the "intuition is trying to reset" etc etc, which sits there and the only way (I've found) is to close Cnet let the screenmode be set then restart Cnet.


Obviously this isn't ideal, so I thought If I delayed the Cnet startup long enough, everything would be ok.

But After booting up using Trace Startup, I now see that the intuition requester to shut all but drawers gets called straight after the C:IPREFS entry, and the only way to get rid of it is to exit the bbs software.

; $VER: Startup-Sequence_HardDrive 45.4 (28.5.2018)
; Startup-Sequence for hard drive systems

If Exists C:LoadModule
C:Version exec.library version 46 >NIL:
If Warn
C:LoadModule ROMUPDATE
EndIf
EndIf
C:SetPatch QUIET
C:CPU CHECKINSTALL

C:Version >NIL:
C:AddBuffers >NIL: DF0: 15
FailAt 21

C:MakeDir RAM:T RAM:Clipboards RAM:ENV RAM:ENV/Sys
C:Copy >NIL: ENVARC: RAM:ENV ALL NOREQ

Resident >NIL: C:Assign PURE
Resident >NIL: C:Execute PURE

Assign >NIL: ENV: RAM:ENV
Assign >NIL: T: RAM:T
Assign >NIL: CLIPS: RAM:Clipboards
Assign >NIL: REXX: S:
Assign >NIL: PRINTERS: DEVS:Printers
Assign >NIL: KEYMAPS: DEVS:Keymaps
Assign >NIL: LOCALE: SYS:Locale
Assign >NIL: LIBS: SYS:Classes ADD
Assign >NIL: HELP: LOCALE:Help DEFER

BindDrivers
C:Mount >NIL: DEVSOSDrivers/~(#?.info)

IF EXISTS DEVS:Monitors
IF EXISTS DEVS:Monitors/VGAOnly
DEVS:Monitors/VGAOnly
EndIF

C:List >NIL: DEVS:Monitors/~(#?.info|VGAOnly) TO T:M LFORMAT "DEVS:Monitors/%s"
Execute T:M
Celete >NIL: T:M
EndIF

SetEnv Language "english"
SetEnv Workbench $Workbench
SetEnv Kickstart $Kickstart
UnSet Workbench
UnSet Kickstart

C:AddDataTypes REFRESH QUIET
C:IPrefs
C:ConClip

Path >NIL: RAM: C: SYS:Utilities SYS:Rexxc SYS:System S: SYS:Prefs SYS:WBStartup SYS:Tools SYS:Tools/Commodities

IF EXISTS S:User-Startup
RUN >:NIL: WAIT 1 MIN +
Execute S:User-Startup
EndIF

Resident Execute REMOVE
Resident Assign REMOVE

C:LoadWB
EndCLI >NIL:

[thomas]

Your conclusion is wrong. IPrefs resets the Workbench screen and it runs before user-startup. CNet is not the cause, it is just in the way at the end. You have to find the program which opens the Workbench screen before IPrefs and remove it. If IPrefs is able to set the screen mode before the Workbench screen opens, then CNet will open with the correct mode and does not show the "Intuition is trying to reset" requester.

[utukku]

Problem solved. The user-startup, apart from setting various assigns, also called another Cnet-startup, which also contained various assigns and stuff. the last line started the bbs software. So I commented that out. Made an Icon and set that to run the bbs and put it in the WBstartup drawer, and that solved the problem.

Thanks for all the help.

Utukku