RE: tlug: More about Configuration Files

[Jim Schweizer <schweiz@example.com>]

Hi,

On 11-Sep-98 Dave wrote:
> On the advice i got here, i've succesfully configured my .bashrc file to hold
> all the aliases that i like to have around. However, i'm still not getting
> the computer to start up certain programs when i log in. At first i put them
> in my .bash_profile, but that caused chaos to ensue. THen, on the advice of a
> guy from the #Linux channel on IRC, i made a .xsession file and put the
> programs in there. This had absolutely no effect whatsoever, and this is
> where I am now stuck. So where DO i put the commands to start programs when i
> log in?

Do you mean log in on a console or when you start X? .xsession would start
programs that run under the X window system (provided you are using xdm -
otherwise it would be .xinitrc) What kinds of programs are you trying to start?

Regards,

Jim S.
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