How to run a program everytime X logs in

sigfriedmcwild · n00b Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 18

I need to run a program every time I log in into an X session.
I tried putting it into a ~/.xsessionrc or a ~/.xinitrc file but it doesn't run.

I'm using kdm as my display manager.

evster · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject:

What window manager are you using? Most wm's have their own way of starting things when they start up, so if you only use one wm this may be the way to go.

Ariem · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:17 pm Post subject:

I'm not quite sure on this one, but if you place what you want to start in

Corax · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject:

On most configurations, an entry in ~/.xinitrc will do it as well.

According to the standards from freedesktop.org, there should be a folder ~/Desktop/Autostart, that handles such things... You only need a window manager, that supports it.
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sigfriedmcwild · n00b Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 18

thx for the help, but none of the options above produces any results.
I normally use kde but I need some things (mouse configuration done xmodmap) to be carried out no matter who logs in in which window manager

Corax · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject:

Are you aware of the fact, that ~/.xinitrc is a shell script and should be opened by a shebang (#! /bin/sh)? And that it needs executable rights?
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sigfriedmcwild · n00b Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 18

yes
In fact at the moment I'm running ~/.xinitrc manually everytime I log in

My .xinitrc script

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evster · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:01 pm Post subject:

I notice a lot of people are having trouble when trying to run commands in ~/.xinitrc maybe someone could look into why this seems to be not working. I have always used fluxbox and so I just launch apps from ~/.fluxbox/startup but I will try the other files out to see if I can launch things from there.

dwblas · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject:

I've been using ~/.xinitrc for years with no problems. If imwheel is an executable, you have to run it in the background, i.e. put an & at the end, otherwise the script will never start the windowmanager. I suspect that .xinitrc is not the script that you want to use because there isn't any command in it to start the window manager. KDE has something like startkde as the script for startup, so that is probably where you want to put your additions.

seventhguardian · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:41 pm Post subject:

And the answer is: