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Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux?

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On Mon, 15 May 2023 20:26:09 +0200
<tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:

> Is it this mousepad?
> 
>   mousepad/stable 0.5.2-1 amd64
>     simple Xfce oriented text editor
> 
> > But the program doesn't launch at startup. Where I am going wrong?
> > Does it fail to start because the command is run before the GUI
> > starts up?  
> 
> Then yes: system startup is "too early". Most probably you don't even
> want to have it running as a "system program", but as a "user
> program", under your user ID and whithin your (user) graphical
> session.
> 
> In this case, I'd look at what possibilities your desktop environment
> (or window manager) offer. They usually have a way to start programs
> at session start (at which point all the environment your mousepad
> will need is set up).

Right. If it is that mousepad, and if the OP is running XFCE, he can
probably add it to XFCE's session manager. Applications -> Settings ->
Session and Startup -> Application Autostart.

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How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? "Susmita/Rajib" <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> - 2023-05-15 19:40 +0200
  Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-15 19:50 +0200
    Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in  linux? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-05-15 20:50 +0200
      Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-15 21:00 +0200
        Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-16 06:30 +0200
    Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-15 21:40 +0200
      Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-15 22:00 +0200
        Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-15 23:10 +0200
          Editing /etc/rc.local [was: How to run a command / script on startup  automatically in linux?] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-16 06:40 +0200
            Re: Editing /etc/rc.local [was: How to run a command / script on  startup automatically in linux?] Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-16 11:50 +0200
  Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in  linux? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-05-15 20:00 +0200
    Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-05-16 04:40 +0200
      Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-05-16 09:10 +0200
  Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> - 2023-05-15 20:10 +0200
  Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-15 20:30 +0200
    Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in  linux? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-05-15 20:50 +0200
    Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in  linux? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-05-15 21:40 +0200
  Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? "Susmita/Rajib" <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> - 2023-05-16 07:50 +0200
    Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-16 12:10 +0200
    Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-16 13:20 +0200
    Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? "Susmita/Rajib" <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> - 2023-05-16 14:10 +0200
      Re: How to run a command / script on startup automatically in linux? "Susmita/Rajib" <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> - 2023-05-18 08:10 +0200

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