I want to execute a program only once when login.

If I put the program execution in .bashrc, then it will get executed for every shell, i.e. more than once.

I put my desired program inside ~/.bash_profile but the program does not work as expected.

The ~/.bash_profile file are as follows:
# /etc/skel/.bash_profile:
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/skel/.bash_profile,v 1.10 2002/11/18 19:39:22 azarah Exp $

#This file is sourced by bash when you log in interactively.
[ -f ~/.bashrc ] && . ~/.bashrc

/usr/bin/amixer sset 'VIA DXS',0, 31




My desired program is to set the volume to 100%:
/usr/bin/amixer sset 'VIA DXS',0, 31

However, the volume is still very low after login so I still need to execute the program at the shell after login.

My linux is Linux version 2.6.8-gentoo-r4.

You only want it executed during your first login of each boot?

Looked at rc.local yet?


Cheers,
Tink

Accidental duplicate, sorry.

put it in a boot script, not in a shell config file.

Gentoo Linux does not provide such a file rc.local. Instead it has an equivalent script called /etc/conf.d/local.start where you can put all your initialization stuff.
However I still need to do
/usr/bin/amixer sset 'VIA DXS',0, 31
after I login in.

cat /etc/conf.d/local.start
# /etc/conf.d/local.start:
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/conf.d/local.start,v 1.4 2002/11/18 19:39:22 azarah Exp $

# This is a good place to load any misc.
# programs on startup ( 1>&2 )
# this file is similar to
/usr/bin/amixer sset 'VIA DXS',0, 31

#end of file

Which file for gentoo linux?
I tried
/etc/conf.d/local.start
but does not work.
Please see my previous post.