run drivers_start at boot on ubuntu

(reposted here because this got moved to the read-only archive. come on linux gurus - one of you knows how to do this!)

does anybody know how to make /usr/lib/parallels/autostart/drivers_start run at boot for ubuntu 7.0.4? it needs to run as root permission to load the drivers.

i placed a link to this file in /etc/init.d but it doens't run

there also seems to be a script /usr/lib/parallels/autostart/parallels that has the argument "start" or "stop" which basically just calls drivers_start or drivers_stop. not sure what the best approach is here.

thanks!

 

I linked /usr/lib/parallels/autostart/parallels into /etc/init.d

Then "parallels" appeared in the Boot-Up Manager where I enabled it.

 

thanks ulrichsk! that worked for me. just in case anybody here isn't savvy i did this by:

(from terminal)
cd /etc/init.d
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/parallels/autostart/drivers_start

then open from the menu System->Administration->Boot Up Manager
"drivers_start" appears in the list and you just check the box next to it.

if you don't have boot-up manager in your menu, you can install it using these instructions: http://www.zolved.com/synapse/view_...t-Up-Manager_for_better_performance_of_Ubuntu