auto launching a script upon login

Mon May 16 11:45:42 MDT 2005

You are welcome.  

For additional information, take a look at:

        http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/UAU/xconfig/

-Joseph

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On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 12:38 -0500, Jonathan Hartje wrote:
> 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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