How to auto start sessions in KDE desktop?

zaiwen

In gnome, there are two ways to auto start X clients:

1. customize the startx process by configuring X clients in the ~/.xinitrc file.

2. In GNOME, click main menu->preferencec->more preferences->sessions, add the new sessions you want to open upon startup, such as mozilla, which will open the mozilla browser automatically when login as this user.

When you run startx, all the sessions defined in xinitrc and in Sessions utility will be called.  If you run normal gui login (gdm or kdm or xdm, whatever), only the sessions defined in the Session utility will be called.

Here comes the question:
As we know, there is NO Sessions utility in KDE. The only option if you want to configure X client to start when running KDE desktop is to use .initrc file.

So what can I do to configure X client to auto start if I am using KDE desktop and use NORMAL login, instead of running startx?

Hope I make myself clear....

zaiwen

More info about startx:

I use the init 3 command to change the system runlevel to 3, go to a virtual console by pressing F1, get the text-based login shell, login as root. And run startx, which will successfully sart the GUI from the command line in runlevel 3.

I am so curious about the startx.  Is it only be called if running from command line?  The normal bootup and display manager login (gdm,kdm or xdm) does not run the ~/.xinitrc file???

How are you guys configuring auto start x client in KDE????

zaiwen

5555....nobody knows the answer?  

blackblue

ever tried ksmserver? maybe it can help.
refer to this: http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/startup.php#ksmserver

zaiwen

haha, I figured this out...

After you switched KDE desktop, .kde directory will be created under your home directory.  In .kde, there is a Autostart directory....just put all the xclients you want to autostart when log in via desktop manager here...

Sounds simple and it works...