A Series of Unfortunate Problems (Xgl, 3.4->3.5 upgrade)

[lordSauron]

On 2/15/06, Javier <javiermon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/14/06, lordSauron <lordsauronthegreat at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2/13/06, Javier <javiermon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 2/14/06, lordSauron <lordsauronthegreat at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Instead of restoring the last session, which reincarnates old windows
> > > > I don't care about any more - I'd like to just start a new session
> > > > every time I log in.  However, I'd LOVE for Katapult and YaKuake to
> > > > start automatically.  However, unless they were open in a previous
> > > > session that was saved and marked to be restored on login, they won't.
> > > >  I don't know where to begin to register a application to run on
> > > > startup, but if you can help that'd be awesome.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help - I really appreciate it and have a good night!
> > >
> > > IIRC (I'm not using KDE as I'm at work) there's a folder in
> > > ~/.kde/Autostart/ where you can add launchers for applications to
> > > start when you log in.
> >
> > Yeah, I found that folder easy enough.  However, there isn't anything
> > in there to tell me what kind of whatever I'm searching for to dump in
> > there to signify "execute this."  What is a "launcher."  I'm still
> > fresh off the Win32 boat, so I'm still miserably stuck in the .exe is
> > God world : (
> >
> > > You could also log in, launch every app you need. (No windows, just
> > > yakuake & katapult) and then save the session.
> >
> > Sort of a default session?  Where'd I find how to save the session?
> > My sessions menu on the desktop toolbar only has "Start New Session"
> > "Lock Current & Start New Session" and finally "lsauron: default (:0,
> > vt7)".
> >
> > > Hope this helped.
> >
> > It did help greatly, but I'm not all the way there just yet.
> >
> > I'd still love for some information about how to get Xgl to work, and
> > how to upgrade from KDE 3.4.3 to the newer version 5.0.  If I want to
> > use Xgl, will I need to install XDM and use that instead of KDM?
> > That's just another little thought that popped into my head - sorry, I
> > get lots of little random thoughts.
> >
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> A launcher is a .desktop file that launches an app. I'm not in front
> of my kde (I'm at work) but IIRC you can create one by going to the
> folder (in this case ~/.kde/Autostart/ ) and right click there to
> create a new application launcher (It should be something similar to
> that...)

Just wondering, but what do you mean by "IIRC."  I'm not famaliar with
the saying.

> For saving sessions you must look in the control panel. There has to
> be an option about logging and saving sessions, use the search
> facility and look for session).

Yeah, I know where to turn that off.

> Maybe later I can post something more concrete.
>
> Bye
>
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========== GCv3.12 ==========
GCS d-(++) s+: a? C++ UL+>++++ P+
L++ E--- W+(+++) N++ o? K? w--- O? M+
V? PS- PE+ Y-(--) PGP- t+++ 5? X R tv-- b+
                DI+++ D+ G e* h- !r !y
========= END GCv3.12 ========