[ubuntu-uk] Running apps at startup.

[Tony Arnold]

Andrew,

Andrew Jenkins wrote:
> I would like my Yakuake to run at startup when
> using Gnome.  I know it does it under KDE (I think
> it uses ~/.kde/Autostart to do it) but with
> Gnome you have to manually run it.

Go to System->Preferences->Sessions and select the Startup tab and add
it in there. That will cause the application to start up when you log in
to Gnome.

> I remember when I used Mandriva you were able to
> get apps to 'autorun' by adding the run command to
> a file which was something along the lines of:
> 
> /etc/initrd/rc0
> 
> I see Ubuntu has similar files so if I wanted to
> have an application run at startup which file should
> I edit and add the command to?

These files are for starting up daemons and the like at boot time. I
think you want to start this app up when you log in?

Regards,
Tony.
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