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Herwig Dietl

2002-12-20, 2:24 am

Hi!
I am using Gentoo Linux + Gnome 2
how can i manage, that some programs are startet automatically after
login? (such as the startup in M$ Windows)

thx in advance

mfg Herwig

David

2002-12-20, 2:25 am

Herwig Dietl wrote:
> Hi!
> I am using Gentoo Linux + Gnome 2
> how can i manage, that some programs are startet automatically after
> login? (such as the startup in M$ Windows)



If it is setup the same as GNOME 1.4 and it may not be??

(Start/GNOME button)/Programs/Settings/Session/Session Properties &
Startup Programs

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Erik =?iso-8859-1?q?Ljungstr=F6m=22?=

2002-12-20, 8:25 am

On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:28:13 +0100, Herwig Dietl wrote:

> Hi!
> I am using Gentoo Linux + Gnome 2
> how can i manage, that some programs are startet automatically after
> login? (such as the startup in M$ Windows)
>
> thx in advance
>
> mfg Herwig


Would that be using *dm or just plain console? Please be more precise
in your future posts.
You have the ~/.bashrc, ~/.xinitrc and window manager specific
stuff to chose from.

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Chris F.A. Johnson

2002-12-20, 6:25 pm

On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 at 14:07 GMT, Joe Fredrickson wrote:
> Fri, 20 Dec 2002 06:59 pm will from hence forward be known as the day David
> blabbered:
>
>> (Start/GNOME button)/Programs/Settings/Session/Session Properties &
>> Startup Programs

>
> Thats assuming the OP logins in from GDM and has X load straight away.
>
> The other option would be to place the commands followed by the '&' into his
> ~/.bashrc file and let them run from there.


To execute them on login they should be in ~/.bash_login; ~/.bashrc
is sourced every time a (bash) shell is opened.

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