auto execution of script on ubuntu when user login

Mr.J · 07-03-2008, 11:32 PM

I've configured Ubuntu 7.1 for auto login. Now just after login, I want to run a script that will launch couple of other applications.... Can anybody help me in this regards

emi_ramo · 07-04-2008, 03:26 AM

Which kind of apps? Are them X apps or just shell ones?

If they're shell ones, go to $HOME/.profile and add them at the end. If this file does not exist, be sure make it executable ( chmod +x $HOME/.profile ) and it beginning (in the first line) with "#!/bin/sh".

If these apps are X ones, you'd add them to the Autostart section of your Desktop manager (KDE, Gnome, etc).

emi

Mr.J · 07-04-2008, 05:04 AM

Thanks.. It worked...