Re: scripts that run when we type startx

On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Karthik Ramamoorthy wrote:

> I need to execute my program when Xserver is loaded( ie when we type startx 
> from text mode). So can anybody specify the shell script into which i can 
> incorporate my executable, so that whenever Xserver is loaded my application 
> also runs during the loading.
It is usually called xinitrc or .xinitrc, but can also be .xsession or 
xsession
If you  just want this for yourself I suggest ~/.xinitrc
If you want it for everyone it will depend on the system, but it might be 
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