Fedora Woes

[Elliott Chapin]

Sorry about *my* earlier answer, Noah. I think I should have said "startx" 
(wherever it is) rather than "profile".

At 11:42 PM 4/14/04, you wrote:
>On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 20:23, Noah John Gellner wrote:
> > I have been so unhappy with my experience with Fedora so far. I am 
> really looking
> > forward to switching after my exams are finished.
> >
> > My latest problem is that I want to autostart programs when I log in to an
> > X session. You would think it is easy. However, Redhat's hacked scripts 
> don't
> > let you add your own entries to .xinitrc. However, Redhat has also 
> appeared to have
> > removed the Startup section from the gnome menu.
>
>I don't have a Fedora system to verify this on, but don't you use the
>"Session Manager" to autostart programs in GNOME?
>
>Red Hat Menu -> Preferences -> More Preferences -> Session Manager
>
>Sure you can hack .xinitrc and .Xclients if you wish, but there is a
>nicer way to do it.
>
> > I am no computer whiz, but I am not a total newbie either. I can't 
> believe that
> > I spent the last hour trying to figure how how to autostart my favorite 
> apps.
> > The worst part is that I haven't figured it out yet. Instead I have 
> given up.
>
>Ah... don't give up.  Take a break, go for a walk, clear the mind, then
>tackle the problem again.  Also, try googling for "gnome linux
>autostart".
>
>We've all been there.  We know how frustrating this stuff can be.
>
> > Blast you Redhat
>
>'nuff said.
>
>pm
>
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