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adding this line 

 gnome-terminal -e "gedit test.txt"

to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local works fine.

but can not get it to sleep 10 seconds before executing that command.

tried

sleep 10
gnome-terminal -e "gedit test.txt"

did not work.

tried :

gnome-terminal -e "sleep 10 && gedit test.txt"

did not work.

UPDATE

it looks like the problem might be.. 

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

is actually executing the commands before the desktop fully loads.

i tried increasing "sleep" to "sleep 120" and i noticed the desktop would not load for 120 seconds.

Sumer Kolcak
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  • So you're saying the terminal pops up fine from rc.local, but the sleep doesn't happen? – tink May 31 '13 at 02:18
  • very weird, now even that does not work. i am not sure what's going on here. all i know is `service NetworkManager start` working in there. – Sumer Kolcak May 31 '13 at 02:26
  • i actually increased the "sleep" to "120" seconds just to see what happens, and then i rebooted with `sleep 120` and then `touch /root/Desktop/test_sleep_3` what happened was, sleep is being executed before the desktop even starts, the desktop did not load until after 120 seconds passed. – Sumer Kolcak May 31 '13 at 02:38
  • What are you actually trying to achieve? Usually a DM/WM/Login manager only gets started after rc.local completed. – tink May 31 '13 at 03:35

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