custom startup

[Peter Osborne <pete@bookware3000.ca>]

Hello,

I am trying to setup a Debian system to startup X and then run my application 
on system startup and I cannot get it to work.

I have a script called

/etc/rc2.d/S95startx

this script consists of:

#!/bin/bash
echo "Starting X"
/usr/X11R6/bin/startx > /root/xlog
echo "Done"

When my system boots, I see both messages at the end of the startup sequence 
but X does not start. There are no errors, and there's no log file in 
/var/log.

I cannot figure this out at all. I sign in as root and run the script, it 
works perfectly, it's as if the script ignores the command comletely when it 
runs at startup.

Does anyone out there have some experience with this?

Thank,
Pete

ps - please reply to me also as I'm not a subscriber