How to start applications automatically at startup?

[DerXylakant]

First, hello to everyone. This is my first posting here.

I'm glad to tell that I'm using Yellow Dog 6.2 on my PS3 using a BT keyboard from Logitech right now. (thanks to billb for designing a custom kernel by the way

Just like the headline already says, I've got problems starting applications (evolution, pidgin) on startup. I've already read many postings with regard to this topic (even within this board), but I can't work it out myself.

Does anybody already managed this one? Using Ubuntu, this wasn't a problem at all. But many suggestions solving the problem using different distros didn't match to Yellow Dog.

Help appreciated! Thanx in advance.

[bonedome]

Hello
I use fluxbox which is highly configurable and by adding lines to my startup file can have apps automatically run.
In the file ~/.fluxbox/startup I could have just about anything, here's an example

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/usr/local/bin/conky & /usr/local/bin/pidgin & exec /usr/bin/fluxbox

If you're using gnome, E17, kde or xfce I guess there's a startup script somewhere but I'm sorry I can't be of much assistance with those desktops.
ok just took a quick look round, according to this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=510932 the startup scripts are in /etc/rc.local, here's what mine looks like

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#!/bin/sh
#
# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.

touch /var/lock/subsys/local

not sure what you'd put in there, maybe something like exec pidgin ? let us know how you get on, it says the script will be executed "after" all the other init scripts so should be safe to experiment.

[DerXylakant]

hi bonedome,

thank you for trying to help. unfortunately I already tried editing the rc.local before without solving the problem. as I've noticed thar fluxbox is a completely different window manager I don't want to go this way (not at least because I'm convinced that there must be an easier way using gnome too; some sort of startup script). unfortunately I didn't find one.

does anybody else has got an idea?

[DerXylakant]

sorry, but I try pushing this thread..

[DerXylakant]

Now I found the solution myself.

Anybody who might have the same problem, try: (in german)

Konfiguration -> Konfigurationskonsole -> Anwendungen -> Autostartanwendungen

Now I will try to find out how to start these applications minimized..