Loading applications on startup
 

I want to load popfile on startup. I am not a linux guru YET : )

I want to know where are the locations to place startup scripts, programs and applications

I would like to receive a pass or fail status on successful load also

Thanks

you've not said anythign about what interface you are using.. gnome, kde, windowmaker, blackbox, fluxbox, pekwm, ion, xfce, xpde, waimea, openbox, metacity... but adding entries to ~/.xsession should load on most window managers

This is before x if that is the right terminology this is on system startup

ok, so outside of X there is /etc/rc.local on most systems, but still changes from distro to distro. entries in there will be executed once and only on boot.

Where do i put the scripts in /etc/init.d to make them load and what is the command to check the status of what loaded nad what failed

Thanks

writing init scripts is not a particuarly easy thing. most daemon based software or other software relevant to be using an init script will generally have it's own. i would not advocate writing your own. instead just enter the shell commands you want into /etc/rc.local like i have laready said. there is no way to specifically check what has loaded and what hasn't...

an init.d script is provided. I just dont know where to put it.
And so rc.local is the place for startup huh Thanks

Thanks for all your help do u know where i can put init.d script
thanks again