[yocto] How to change the startup application

[Gary Thomas]

On 2012-04-03 15:12, Autif Khan wrote:
>>> Hi Autif, thanks a lot for providing the answer here. Since no one is
>>> showing any objections here, I updated the wiki page with your answer
>>> (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/FAQ:How_do_I_change_and_add_startup).
>>> Please let me know if there is any suggestions or concerns.
>>
>>
>> This rather narrow answer is only useful if you are running a MatchBox
>> desktop.
>> There are many other deployment scenarios which would require a different
>> approach.
>
> That is true.
>
> However, All over the Yocto Project's website - the common bitbake
> commands for an image is either core-image-minimal or core-image-sato.
> (core-image-sato-sdk also uses matchbox).
>
> minimal does not start any app - not counting daemons and gettys
>
> If the user chooses another window manager - they are/should be on their own.
>
> I just assumed that we are not trying to document the init process
> (bootloader, kernel, initrd, inittab, init.d etc)
>
> We are trying to answer a less experienced developer to replace the
> default window manager with their own app

Then it should be made clear that this answer only covers that scope.
The Wiki page title implies that it is a more generic answer.

>
> There is a chance that I am not aware of the default application being
> other than matchbox. Can you please provide me some counter example?

I can think of many, most that are headless (no window environment at all)

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