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Hello
How can i start a program after i logged using my username?
I searched the net, but i only could find things about starting at boot.
So can somebody tell me howto do it?
Thanx Hylke
Just type in the name of the program at the console prompt. If you want to start, say, kate, you'd type kate and press return (although you'll probably find it more comfortable to start it from KDE start menu).
If you are using debian, you could also configure a startup script to run those programs. (Although I'm not sure if it gets executed before or after X loads).
In (almost) all Linux flavors except Debian, there is a file called ~/.xsession which is executed every time you log in. On Debian, that file is called ~/.xinitrc .
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