[Wylug-help] Autostarting applications

[Lee Evans]

Hi,

You can reboot your system on a regular basis using cron, although it seems
like an odd thing to do. Try 'man cron' for more details.

KDE & Gnome both have an option to choose launch applications much like
windows' 'Startup' group. Failing that, you could launch the application by
adding it to the end of the script which is launching X on your system. If
the application itself is a little unstable (which might explain your
regular reboots) you could write a script which checks for the running
process, and launches it if not running - you could then run this on a
regular (every 5 minutes etc) basis again using cron. You would, as they
say, be killing two birds with one stone.

Lee

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wylug-help-bounces at wylug.org.uk [mailto:wylug-help-
> bounces at wylug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Richard Starkie
> Sent: 10 October 2006 19:03
> To: WYLUG-Help
> Subject: [Wylug-help] Autostarting applications
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Could someone please point me in the right direction?
> 
> I am trying to get an application to start automatically when I start
> my centos box.  The box is to replace the current unreliable hold
> system at work.  I have successfully got the box to auto log on, but
> would also like the box to autostart the music player to eliminate the
> need to send a person down to the basement.
> 
> I currently reboot the box via ssh every week, if this is automateable
> also advice would be very welcome.
> 
> Thanks and Regards
> 
> Richard Starkie
> 
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