how to load software at the launching of the OS

[Guest krish]

Hi,

 

how to load a software at the launching of the mandrake ?

 

I would like to load automatically a software. I know how to load modules, but not how to load automatically software or lines of orders... :unsure:

 

Thanks

 

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[SoulSe]

Are you using KDE, Gnome, other? They each have their own wizards for doing this. Unless you have a service or daemon that needs to get going at boot?

 

More specifics please...

[sellis]

Do you want to start the program when you log in as a user, or when you boot the system (so that it runs all the time, even when you are logged out)?

 

To start at boot time, the easiest way is probably to use cron. You can edit a user's cron configuration by typing "crontab -e" at a terminal. You may get a blank file if you have not set anything else, or maybe a single line specifying the shell to use, like this:

SHELL=/bin/bash

Add a line that says "@reboot" followed by the command to run. Here is my SETI@Home command:

@reboot cd /home/sean/.boinc; ./boinc_4.13_i686-pc-linux-gnu -allow_remote_gui_rpc -return_results_immediately >> ./boinc.log

(That should be all on one line.)

[Guest krish]

Thanks

 

I will test this solution.

 

I use Kde. And i would like to do at the boot time

 

thanks

[adamw]

well, that one wins the lateral thinking award, but I wouldn't necessarily say it's the easiest ;). /etc/rc.local exists for exactly this purpose.