[cw-discuss] Start with Linux

[Jeremy White]

>> I suppose it depends on what the user actually wants. If he has
>> automatic login happening, or maybe no login at all, and he places the S
>> script in the right place in the sequence, it'll work. For a more
>> regular desktop I would have thought the correct answer would be to put
>> that script in the KDE $HOME/.kde/AutoStart folder, or run the app from
>> $HOME/.xinitrc or something.
>>   
> 
> 
> Yes, that would be more what I need, just ba explanation on my part.
> As I am not a programmer, is ther an easy site to learn scripting?

Hi Frank,

I think Derek has sussed this one out correctly.  You don't want
to do this at run level 5; you want to do it at Window Manager startup.

If you're a KDE user, then you may well be able to simple drag + drop
the program launcher from your menu to the startup folder.
(I'm not a KDE user, so I'm wildly ignorant :-/).

Your best bet is to Google for your Window Manager
(probably either Gnome or KDE) and 'Autostart'.  Essentially,
you'll be told which folder to put 'Autostart' items into.

Then, you just need to find the .desktop file that goes with
your program, and copy it into that folder.  The .desktop files
can be found under ~/.cxoffice/<bottle-bame>; do a search
for *.desktop (from the command line, this would work:
  find ~/.cxoffice -iname '*.desktop'

Cheers,

Jeremy