Set/add startup programs

[comptech]

Hi,

How can I set or add programs to the startup?

Ubuntu for example has this simple "startup programs" utility in which you can set what starts at bootup and even add things, does PCLinuxOS have that too?


Thanks.

[menotu]

Hi,

How can I set or add programs to the startup?

another distro for example has this simple "startup programs" utility in which you can set what starts at bootup and even add things, does PCLinuxOS have that too?


Thanks.

Which version of PCLinuxOS are you using comptech? as it may differ on how this is done (and if it all for certain things)

[Just17]

Presumably you mean applications ......  add (a copy of) an app launcher to the Autostart file for those apps you want launched on startup.

In KDE4 the Autostart directory is

/home/<user-name>/.kde4/Autostart/

[comptech]

I'm using the latest 2012 KDE.

Actually I wanna start a program not a file.

[marcin82]

Actually I wanna start a program not a file.

Ok, for example - if you want start Firefox at system startup, run from terminal:

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ln -s /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.kde4/Autostart/After this logout to login screen, and log into KDE4.

[Archie]

Menu > More Applications > Configuration > Configure Your Desktop.

On SystemSettings, go to System Administration > Start and Shutdown > Autostart.

If you want to add a "program", click Add Program and either select your app from one of the categories on Known Application or click the folder icon and type in the location/application you want to autostart on login.

HTH

[comptech]

Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for.

How can I move it to the second desktop and make it start there? What do I add to the "Command:" option, I guess, that I have available?

[Archie]

Right-click on the opened app's window titlebar > Advanced > Special Windows Settings...

The option you are looking for is in one of the tabs ... Size & Position (I think, I am not in front of my OS right now) ... you will need to enable and set Desktop ... Remember/Apply Initially/Force ... > Desktop 2.

What do I add to the "Command:" option, I guess, that I have available?

This really depends is the app you are using needs extra parameters when it is launched. Otherwise, you will most likely find the command in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin.

Another way to check this out is see the Exec line of your preferred autostart app on its desktop file, which is stored at /usr/share/applications/

[comptech]

Yes I meant the autostart command line.

Right now I have:

MyApp -caption "%c" %i

[Archie]

You've been shown where... without specifics, only you would know what you add there would either work or not.

[Bald Brick]

comptech,

You've been given a lot of good tips and information, but it seems to me that you've got it piecemeal. So:

In KDE there are several ways of setting up programs to start automatically at login.

First you can specify whether a new login should start with an empty session, restore your previous session (i.e. restart the programs running at you last logout), or restore a manually saved session. ('Systemsettings', a.k.a. 'Configure Your Desktop'-->'System Administration'-->'Startup and Shutdown'-->'Session Management'.)

But even if you've ticked 'Start with an empty session', any executables found in a number of autostart directories will be run at login. Some of these directories are user specific; some of them are global, i.e. the programs in them are started at login regardless of who is logging in.

User specific autostart folders:
/home/<yourname>/.kde4/Autostart
/home/<yourname>/.config/autostart

Global autostart folders:
/usr/share/autostart

You can actually set up KDE to use any folder as its default autostart folder. ('Systemsettings'-->'Account Details'-->'Autostart Path:') Typically the default folder would be /home/<yourname>/.kde4/Autostart, but it doesn't even have to be named 'autostart' or 'Autostart'.

And even if you've picked ~/.kde4/Autostart as your default autostart folder some apps may in different ways end up in ~/.config/autostart instead. It depends on how the link or .desktop file is created.

Often the files in the autostart directories will be .desktop files (from which programs can be started with lots of options), but they may as well be shell scripts or symbolic links to executables.

When you add a program from the GUI ('Systemsettings'-->'Startup and Sutdown'-->'Autostart') a desktop file will normally be created in your default autostart folder, but you can change that.

[daniel]

Yes I meant the autostart command line.

Right now I have:

MyApp -caption "%c" %i

See Bald Brick given enough infos about autostart, but if you like a command to run at autostart, generate a little script.
As sample

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#!/bin/bash
MyApp -caption "%c" %isave it in a autostart folder as YOUR_NAME, and make it executable. Logout/in, should work.
Under lxde don't want, you need to generate a desktop file for your script, and store it in autostart folder. Your script can store where ever you like on /home directory. But it must executable.
A desktop file should look as sample see below

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[Desktop Entry]
Name=YOUR_NAME
Comment=description
Exec=/home/YOU/NAME
Icon=NAME.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
That's all...

[Bald Brick]

Yes I meant the autostart command line.

Right now I have:

MyApp -caption "%c" %i

If you are wondering what %c and %i stand for, see http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s06.html.

[comptech]

Oh I thought I had to use the command line. I got it working now.