Starting applications at logon time

Christoph Wickert christoph.wickert at web.de
Fri Nov 21 22:35:08 UTC 2003


Am Fr, den 21.11.2003 schrieb Ken Chamberlain um 18:32:
> Is there anyway to automatically start applications when logging on to
> the graphical logon (X, gnome or KDE or whatever)?  By that I mean when
> you logon via the graphical logon screen into X (Gnome or KDE), having
> x-apps like gaim and evolution automatically start.  I know about
> ~/.bash_profile, but if I put something in there it would also start
> when I ssh or scp into that host (which I don't want).  I was thinking
> along the lines of windows idea of Start > Programs > Startup, but it
> doesn't need to be that easy.
> 
> Any ideas? 

Here's on for KDE:

Make shotcuts to the apps you want to start in ~/.kde/Autostart. Just
like Windoze.


Christoph





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