autostarting programs on login in KDE

[James Tappin]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:38:14 +0200
Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

NK> stan wrote:
NK> > What do I need to do to set up a program to start whenever I log
NK> > in to my Kubuntu system?
NK> 
NK> Make a link to the program in $HOME/.kde/Autostart. That would be in
NK> a  terminal (e.g. konsole) with the command
NK> 
NK> ln -s /usr/bin/konqueror $HOME/.kde/Autostart/
NK> 
NK> to make konqueror start on login.

The session manager should handle most things -- i.e. if it was there
when you logged out it will be restarted (certainly for KDE apps, most
(all?) Gnome apps and a good many others [emacs sessions tend to end up
with the files permuted]).

For cases where session management doesn't work it is better to create
an applnk file in the Autostart directory: Rt click -> create new ->
application and then fill in the necessary details in the wizard that
appears; rather than a link to the binary.

James

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