Would the following script work to start the BBS on the second workspace?
I already have the script setup in the autostart options, but added the wmctrl line because I want it to open the terminal window and start the BBS on the second workspace.

#!/bin/bash
(command &); wmctrl -r "Window Title" -t 1
cd /mystic/semaphore
rm *.bsy
cd /mystic
./mis -server

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Would the following script work to start the BBS on the second workspace? I already have the script setup in the autostart options, but added the wmctrl line because I want it to open the terminal window and start the BBS on the second workspace.

#!/bin/bash
(command &); wmctrl -r "Window Title" -t 1
cd /mystic/semaphore
rm *.bsy
cd /mystic
./mis -server

Without testing I cannot confirm, but it looks like it.

Why not create a systemd service instead?

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Why not create a systemd service instead?

Explain please. I'm not as fluent in Linux as I was in DOS or WinBlows.

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On 10 Mar 2026, Geri Atricks said the following...

Explain please. I'm not as fluent in Linux as I was in DOS or WinBlows.

This is a good starting point to look at:

https://vswitchzero.com/mystic-systemd/

it works pretty well out of the box.

They are system startup scripts that prompt linux to boot up mystic (and other progs) as a system service at boot, even before user login.

think of it as a more advanced AUTOEXEC.BAT file or windows services.

-g

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Ok, my bash seems to be running, but I don't get the window so that I can monitor what the BBS is doing. :(
Other than that what I wrote seems to be working just fine.

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Ok, my bash seems to be running, but I don't get the window so that I can monitor what the BBS is doing. :(
Other than that what I wrote seems to be working just fine.

Right, would nodespy be good enough?

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On 10 Mar 2026, Geri Atricks said the following...

Ok, my bash seems to be running, but I don't get the window so that I can monitor what the BBS is doing. :(
Other than that what I wrote seems to be working just fine.

Nice work! Yah, that's the downside of running it in a service.

At the moment, I have a couple ssh terminals open to the BBS Pi at any given time running 2-3 commands:

1. tail -f /bbs/mystic/logs/*.log
- this gives a live feed of anything happening, incoming/outgoing echomail packets and files, connections, etc. anything that writes to the log files.

2. /bbs/mystic/nodespy
- this is a nice UI that acts like a waiting for caller screen. You can see who's logged in, snoop on their sessions, kick as needed, etc.

3. /bbs/mystic/mystic -cfg
- running as needed, but usually running while I'm working on things.

Hope that helps!

G

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On 10 Mar 2026, niter3 said the following...

Ok, my bash seems to be running, but I don't get the window so that I

monitor what the BBS is doing. :(
Other than that what I wrote seems to be working just fine.

Right, would nodespy be good enough?

... Electricity is really just organized lightning.

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I'm set up to use "https://vswitchzero.com/mystic-systemd/". It allows me an unattended restart of the bbs on a power loss. To actually see what the bbs is doing, I shut down the systemd service. Then I start the bbs back up manually with ./mis server. That window I keep open.

I used to run nodespy as well but it only shows info when a user is actually logged in. I don't run it full time any more.

I'm going to try tail -f /bbs/mystic/logs/*.log and see how I like it.

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On 10 Mar 2026, niter3 said the following...

Right, would nodespy be good enough?

nodespy only shows you node status and user activity. tailing log files gives you all the mailer/mutil/mis info on top of that.

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I used to run nodespy as well but it only shows info when a user is actually logged in. I don't run it full time any more.

I'm going to try tail -f /bbs/mystic/logs/*.log and see how I like it.

When I got back into in 2007, I wanted the WFC menu like we had in Renegade.

I started on linux and have remained on linux since.

In either case, what exactly do you want to see when you walk by or look at your screen?

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Right, would nodespy be good enough?

nodespy only shows you node status and user activity. tailing log files gives you all the mailer/mutil/mis info on top of that.

Right, so he could write a bash file that load nodespy and tail's the logs on the screen.

Guess it depends on what he wants out of it? What is he trying to solve.

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