start a program at boot

[Tim M]

On 10/24/07, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:58:06 -0500
> "Tim M" <southern.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > How do you get a program to startup during the boot or when you log in?
> For
> > my laptop I use gkrellm to keep the fans going but I have to start it
> from
> > the terminal. Which program do I use to start it either as I log on or
> at
> > boot? I have looked at cron but I think that is for running a program at
> a
> > scheduled time.
>
> In GNOME, just save your session with GKrellM running:
>
> System - Preferences - Sessions - Session Options -Save the current
> session.
>
> GKrellM will start on next log in - I have it running at all times. When I
> run Fluxbox I just add it to my startup script in ~/.xsession - but with
> Gnome, saving the session is the easy way.
>
> In KDE you would use ~/.kde/Autostart , if I remember correctly.
>
> --
> Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au>
>
> --


Peter, it worked like a charm. Thanks for the information.

Tim
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