hey
i wanna know how to add programs to start up

i know ihave to edit the xinitrc.template file but i dunno what to put to add superkaramba..


any help please?

Thanks

check out the man page for chkconfig

ok, so would i type
chkconfig -a superkaramba to add it to the startup for my user?

You can add it to your ~/.xinitrc file in your home directory.
Example:
If you do not have one then just create it in your home directory. It will need to have what I have in the example. Also not the ' & ' symbol. It is needed so it is releaseed from that session. If you create it it will need to be executable also. You can change it by running the command ' chmod +x .xinitrc '. I also recomend that you point superkaramba to its true path. I don't know what it would be but another example like /usr/bin/xmms & .

Brian1
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or

chkconfig servicename on

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To help you out chkconfig is used to change the start or stop value of a script in the /etc/rc.d/init.d. It also is used to change which runlevels the service will start in or stop in. If there is a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d for superkarambe then you can use the chkconfig command. If not one can do like example below

Examples:
chkconfig --level 345 dhcpd on When rebooted the dhcpd service will start in runlevels 3, 4, & 5.
chkconfig --level 345 dhcpd off Deactivates the service from running in runlevel 3, 4, & 5
chkconfig dhcpd stop. Stops the service now.
chkconfig dhcpd start Starts the service now.

Now one can create one by using the add option. But you will need to create a script first. I think this is correct but I have never done it this way myself. I am use to the old school manual way.
Example:
Create script in /etc/rc.d/init.d
Call it superkaramba
Simple Contents of script. One can do a lot more look over other scripts there for pointers.
Make executable with chmod command.
Run ' chkconfig --add --level 345 superkaramba on ' Being it was created in the init.d directory one may not need the --add option.

Brian1
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thanks guys!

oh, and jsut to tell you guys what i did, was i made a link to ~/.kde/autostart to the program iwant

Ill keep this page for future reference.

There is more than one way to make it work in Linux. I myself will make a note of that. You learn something new everyday.

Brian1
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