Can anyone tell me what file I need to edit to get certain programs to
start when I start X up. I am using gdm as a display manager but editing
.xsession doesn't seem to do anything at all.

Thanks.

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On 03/05/2007 04:39 AM, Hooter wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what file I need to edit to get certain programs to
> start when I start X up. I am using gdm as a display manager but editing
> ..xsession doesn't seem to do anything at all.
>
> Thanks.

If you are using Gnome, you can add startup programs here:
Desktop Preferences/ Advanced/ Sessions/ Startup Programs. The desktop
preferences are in the 'gnome-control-center'.

If you are using KDE, you can create shortcuts to your startup programs
in ~/.kde/Autostart .

If you are using IceWM, you can create a shell script named
~/.icewm/startup with startup commands in it. Read
/usr/share/doc/icewm-common/html/icewm-3.html#ss3.3 for the details.

Other WMs will have other ways to specify startup scripts. Good luck.

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On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:39:48 -0600, Hooter wrote:

> Can anyone tell me what file I need to edit to get certain programs to
> start when I start X up. I am using gdm as a display manager but editing
> .xsession doesn't seem to do anything at all.

For me ~/.Xsession (note the capital X) does work.


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