Re: kstart folder problems.

[Erik Johansson <erre@telia.com>]

On Saturday 12 January 2002 10.27, Robert Lindgren wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I have some problems with kstart.
>
> I have the following in my .kde/Autostart folder.
>
> cat startgkrellm.sh
> #!/bin/sh
> kstart --skippager --skiptaskbar --alldesktops gkrellm
>
> This is supposed  to start gkrellm and not show it in the taskbar but be
> visible on all desktops.
>
> If I run the command from the command line everything works ok, but if
> kde itself starts it as it should, it's started alright but the
> -skippager --skiptaskbar --alldesktops options doesn't have any effect.
>
> Anybody that knows how to solve this problem? Or am I doing something
> wrong here?
>
> Kstart version is 1.9
> Kde is 2.2.2
>
> Cheers
> /Robert

Hi Robert
Maybe you need to add the --window option to kstart. I have the following 
file and it works for me :)

[~/.kde/Autostart] cat gkrellm.sh
#!/bin/bash
kstart --window gkrellm --skiptaskbar --skippager --alldesktops 
/usr/bin/gkrellm -geometry =-0+0

/ Erik