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Re: How to start an application automatically after X is started up?



On 2/15/06, Deephay <tudoxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>   I have a problem here: How to start an application automatically
> after X is started up?
>   Actually I want to start the xscreensaver in daemon mode after X
> is started up. I add the line "xscreensaver &" in ~/.xinitrc, but
> the X server will then have some problem and cannot be started up.

"Some problem" is pretty vague.  Actual error messages would help
considerably.  You might try specifying the full path to xscreensaver
in .xinitrc, though.

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Michael A. Marsh
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http://mamarsh.blogspot.com



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