regarding gkrellm

Geert Janssens yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon Feb 23 06:19:01 2004


mascarasnake wrote:
> If you want to just gkrellm (or any app for that matter) to start up on 
> login, you need to:
>     Go to Preferences > More Preferences > Sessions.
>     Click on the "Startup Programs" tab
>     Click the "Add" button
>     Type in the command you want to start at login
>     Click "OK"
>     Click "Close"
> That ought to get you where you want to be.
> 
> You can also run any process in the background from the terminal adding 
> a [space]& to the end of the command. e.g.:
>     gkrellm & [enter]

Just for completeness' sake:

The space in between the command and "&" is optional, i.e.
gkrellm&
gkrellm &
are equivalent.

So now you know, you can forget it altogether, since it doesn't matter :-)


Cheers,

Geert