launch program at start up?

#1 08-21-2008, 11:56 AM

Is there a way to launch a program when KDE starts up?

OpenSUSE 10.2, KDE 3.5.5 "release 45.10".

#2 08-21-2008, 12:10 PM

droid wrote:

> Is there a way to launch a program when KDE starts up?
>
> OpenSUSE 10.2, KDE 3.5.5 "release 45.10".

Put a soft link in ~/.kde/Autostart directory to the program you want to
start.

HTH

Rob.

#3 08-21-2008, 12:15 PM

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:56:39 -0700 (PDT), droid wrote:
> Is there a way to launch a program when KDE starts up?

Yes.

> OpenSUSE 10.2, KDE 3.5.5 "release 45.10".

You might try creating a script in ~/.kde/Autostart/,
setting execute permissions,
then add command(s) to do whatever you like.

Example 1:

echo "xterm -fg black -bg wheat &" > ~/.kde/Autostart/startup
chmod +x ~/.kde/Autostart/startup

The echo line put an xterm command in the file startup.
chmod set execute permission.

Upon next login, kde should find the script, startup, in ~/.kde/Autostart/
and launch xterm with the indicated colors.

Example 2:

If you want the app to start in another window/desktop
startup could look something like

dcop kwin default setCurrentDesktop 3 > /dev/null
sleep 2
xterm -fg black -bg wheat &

That would switch to desktop 3
wait 2 seconds
and launch xterm.

#4 08-21-2008, 05:57 PM

I simply moved the application's (JungleDisk Monitor) desktop icon
into ~/.kde/Autostart and it worked. Thanks Rob!

#5 08-21-2008, 06:10 PM

At this time I just needed to start Jungledisk Monitor - which runs in
the system tray - so I just moved it's icon to ~/.kde/Autostart/.
But I appreciate the cool tips, Bit Twister!

#6 08-22-2008, 03:12 AM

droid wrote:

> Is there a way to launch a program when KDE starts up?
>
> OpenSUSE 10.2, KDE 3.5.5 "release 45.10".

Sure, in your .kde is a folder called Autostart, open it and craete a link to the app you want to run on startup.

HTH
Joerg
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