Run a script at startup

iain.ross · 08-27-2004, 03:02 PM

Hi,

I need to run

#! /bin/sh
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"

At start up. At the mo I have to type it in manually. Where can I add it?

I am running SuSE 9.1

Thanks

Crunch · 08-27-2004, 03:09 PM

I'm not as familiar with SuSE as I am with a few other distributions. I think there should be a file named, "/etc/rc.d/boot.local." Correct me if I'm wrong here anyone. (I'm kinda getting used to BSD here.) You should be able to append this at the end of the file, inside of that file.

Good luck.

ToniT · 08-27-2004, 03:13 PM

You probably don't want to run that script at startup, because it interacts with your X session.

Instead, put that xmodmap line to your
~/.xsession
file.

iain.ross · 08-27-2004, 03:25 PM

Thank you for you reply, but I can't find .xsession and yes I do have show hidden files enabled. It should be in my /home/username/ folder right?

ToniT · 08-27-2004, 03:32 PM

Well, yes and no. It doesn't necessary exist by default, so just creating a file of that name and putting that line (and restarting X) should do it.

Crunch · 08-27-2004, 03:35 PM

Sorry for the misleading answer. I see what you're getting at now. ToniT nailed it on the head though.

iain.ross · 08-27-2004, 03:44 PM

Thats ok,

anyway in my /home/iaross/ folder I created a new .xsession file, as I didn't have one, and entered

Code:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"

However, when I logged out and logged in, the screen would flash up the init 3 window (the one you see on startup when you press Esc or F2) then went blank, flashed up the NVIDIA logo, then returned to the login screen. I had to log in as root and delete the .xsession file to be able to log in as me.

What did I do wrong?

Thanks for the speedy replies by the way....

ToniT · 08-27-2004, 03:53 PM

Probably nothing.

My mistake (well, actually that is distribution spesific thingy, but anyways).
It seems that when .xsession -file exists it[The X session initializer] assumes that you want to control the initialization of X session by yourself and so it doesn't start a window manager automaticly, but just runs that xmodmap line there and exits.

So, to circumvent the issue, try putting also a line "startkde" after the xmodmap line.

iain.ross · 08-27-2004, 04:03 PM

Worked a treat. Thank you for your time. Give yourself a pat on the back!

I've now got the side buttons and wheel operating properly on my mouse.