rc.local not executing command

Question

I was trying to make my laptop running Ubuntu 13.10 remember the brightness from the last time and set it automatically on start-up. I was thinking about using xbacklight to set the brightness. So, as a test run I added xbacklight -set 100 inside /etc/rc.local. But simply it doesn't work. Permission for my rc.local is:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 338 Dec 22 00:08 rc.local

I also tried adding sleep 60 considering its a timing issue. But still no luck.

Here you go: http://askubuntu.com/questions/145314/how-to-save-brightness-settings — phineas, Dec 21 '13 at 19:03
@phineas xbacklight works fine normally but the problem is with rc.local I think. — ashik992, Dec 21 '13 at 19:23
You cannot use xbacklight in rc.local, that is run from root at boot time, and hoping to have it work in a user X session. — enzotib, Dec 21 '13 at 19:30

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 21 '13 at 20:28

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You can put the command into ~/.gnomerc, it will be executed on login (It will be executed on Unity as well).

rc.local is executed before X startup, so the command is executed but it has no effect.

answered Dec 21 '13 at 20:28

konairius

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But I'll have to wait till I log in. Is there any other way? – ashik992 Dec 21 '13 at 22:09
You can try taking a look at /etc/init/ligthdm.conf. – konairius Dec 22 '13 at 12:52

rc.local not executing command

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