konsole or gnome-terminal at startup

vitaliiluchka · 10-19-2004, 04:24 PM

this must be easy for someone here. How do i make konsole or gnome-terminal to open
at start up when user logs in?

Tinkster · 10-19-2004, 05:29 PM

Depends on which wm you're using and how you start X
and how they log into the machine ... the most generic
way would be to put a .xsession/.xinitrc file in their home
that does have

xterm
exec <their windowmanager>

as the last two lines (and no exec before those ;})

Cheers,
Tink

Peacedog · 10-19-2004, 05:32 PM

<edit>Tinkster to the rescue. Quicker than I once again.

</edit>

vitaliiluchka · 10-19-2004, 07:44 PM

thanks for your reply Tink
I am new to Linux and don't know much about it.
i followed what you said
1) created directory .xsession in my home directory
2)created file .xinitrc in that directory with following text
xterm
konsole
3) i logged out and tried to log in again but It was unseccesful.
some kind of session error pop up and after i click ok i was send back to logging
window(i use graphical login window and x-windows is KDE)
can you tell me exactly what i have to write in .xinitrc file ?

Depends on which wm you're using and how you start X
and how they log into the machine ... the most generic
way would be to put a .xsession/.xinitrc file in their home
that does have

xterm
exec <their windowmanager>

as the last two lines (and no exec before those ;})

Cheers,
Tink

Tinkster · 10-19-2004, 10:58 PM

Sorry, my bad.

.xsession and .xinitrc are files... .xsession is being used
if you e.g. use xdm for a login. If the users long in on the
shell and then run startx .xinitrc is being used.

My .xsession file looks like this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi


if [ -f $userresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $userresources                                                   
fi

if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $usermodmap                                                           
fi

/usr/local/bin/tpb&
/usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver& 
exec /usr/local/bin/fluxbox

Cheers, and good luck
Tink