Automatically launching programs upon X windows startup

kimchee411 · 09-27-2004, 04:25 PM

What is the file that will allow me to specify commands that will automatically be run when X windows starts? I'm using Fedora Core 2.

scuzzman · 09-27-2004, 04:26 PM

What WM/DE do you use?
For KDE, go to you KDE control Center
Session Manager
Startt with saved session

then:
open all programs you want ot immediately start, and go to your "K" button -> Save Session

kimchee411 · 09-27-2004, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by scuzzman
What WM/DE do you use?
For KDE, go to you KDE control Center
Session Manager
Startt with saved session

then:
open all programs you want ot immediately start, and go to your "K" button -> Save Session

I'm using Metacity on Gnome. I'd prefer to do it the old school way, by editing the configuration file myself

But also knowing how to do it through say, gconf-editor, if that's the way, would be cool too.

scuzzman · 09-27-2004, 04:46 PM

Might wanna check out this thread, may prove useful.
I don't use Gnome - I use KDE 3.2
but look for a .gnome folder and open all config files in there... may see something. (Guessing at this point)

kimchee411 · 09-27-2004, 07:13 PM

I don't see anything in ~/.gnome/ that does it...

kimchee411 · 09-29-2004, 01:31 AM

BUMP... wow, no replies. Thought it would be an easy one...

Tinkster · 09-29-2004, 01:38 AM

Well ... if all else fails:

just create a ~/.xinitrc (or ~/.xsession depending on
how you start X [via session-manager or startx]) and
start the things you want to run within the gnome-session
before you start gnome...

E.g. (I use xdm, so here's my .xsession)

Code:

/usr/local/bin/tpb&
xscreensaver& 
exec /usr/local/bin/fluxbox

You'd obviously want to replace the
exec fluxbox
line with whatever starts Gnome.

Cheers,
Tink

kimchee411 · 10-19-2004, 02:43 AM

Figured this out, for future reference. It can be done in Gnome with gnome-session-properties