auto launching a script upon login

[Jonathan Hartje]

Joseph and Mark,
    First, thank you for the information. I appreciate the quick 
responses. I'm actually running in level 5. The script launches a couple 
of gtk based apps I developed for my company. I'll give the .xinitrc a 
try and see what happens. I'm glad someone knows the X configuration 
scheme... I've had a hard time figuring out what the various .x and .X 
files actaully do. Thanks again.

Jonathan

Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:

>Agreed...
>
>Which initialization file to use is dependent upon what is is you are
>trying to launch. 
>
>Three come to mind:	
>        * .bash-profile
>        * .xinitrc
>        * .xsession
>
>-Joseph
>
>====================================================================
>On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 11:23 -0400, Mark Guertin wrote:
>  
>
>>This may not be the best route if it's an X11 based program.   
>>Modifying the .bash_profile would mean that the demo would launch (or  
>>attempted to launch) every time you initiate a new {x,k,e}term or  
>>login in runlevel 3 (non-graphical).
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>On May 16, 2005, at 10:56 AM, Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Or modify the default user's .bash_profile
>>>
>>>        # .bash_profile
>>>
>>>        # Get the aliases and functions
>>>        if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
>>>                . ~/.bashrc
>>>        fi
>>>
>>>        # User specific environment and startup programs       <=====
>>>
>>>        PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
>>>
>>>        export PATH
>>>        unset USERNAME
>>>
>>>-Joseph
>>>======================================================================
>>>
>>>On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 10:45 -0400, Mark Guertin wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>If you're booting into the GUI env (init 5 - which is the default)
>>>>then you can probably add this to the ~/.xinitrc file and get what
>>>>you want.
>>>>
>>>>Mark
>>>>
>>>>On May 16, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Jonathan Hartje wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>All,
>>>>>   I have a YDL 4.0.1 laptop that automatically logs a user in on
>>>>>startup. Does anyone know of a config file I can use to launch a
>>>>>set of scripts when that user logs in. The machine is slated to be
>>>>>a demo machine and thus I want the process to be as simple as
>>>>>possible. I have a top level script TOP_LEVEL.sh that I'd like to
>>>>>be run as soon as my default user logs in. Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>>>Jon
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>>Mark Guertin
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>>197 Spadina Ave, Suite 501
>>Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 2C8
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