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Re: How do I get a script to run on desktop load?
Posted: 17 Jul 2010, 16:36
by viking60
dedanna1029 wrote:I don't need it to start on boot, just on desktop load (never got the hang of making a script run on desktop load). Here's what I need to run:
I'm not even sure if the "exit" part is necessary?
This is for Arch.
Thanks.
Why dont you just put postgresql in you deamons in rc.conf? (I have never used it - I use Mysql). Or you could have a look at the description in /etc/rc.d/functions
Yes and to follow that up here is a collection from AUR; yaourt launcher
1 extra/kdeplasma-addons-applets-lancelot 4.4.5-1 [installed] (kde kdeplasma-addons) Launcher to start applications 2 extra/kdeutils-ktimer 4.4.5-1 [installed] (kde kdeutils) Countdown Launcher 3 extra/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin 1.9.4-4 (xfce4-goodies) plugin that creates 4 little application launcher in the Xfce4 panel 4 extra/xqf 1.0.5-4 A Quake/Quake World/Quake2/Quake3 server browser and launcher for X11 5 community/bashrun 0.16-1 An x11 application launcher based on bash. 6 community/gnome-do 0.8.3.1-2 A launcher application for gnome (like Launchy or Katapult) 7 community/lxlauncher 0.2.1-3 (lxde) Launcher for Asus EeePC (part of LXDE) 8 community/matchbox-desktop 2.0-2 A PDA style application launcher or 'item browser'. 9 community/matchbox-panel 0.9.3-4 A flexible always present 'window bar' for holding application launchers and small 'applet' style applications 10 community/qemu-launcher 1.7.4-2 GNOME/Gtk front-end for the Qemu x86 PC emulator 11 aur/9menu 1.8-3 (16) Simple and easily configurable X-menu / program launcher. 12 aur/adeskbar 0.3.9-1 (63) A Quick Application Launcher 13 aur/adeskbar-archbang 0.22-1 (Out of Date) (5) A Quick Application Launcher used in ArchBang 14 aur/adeskmenu 0.3.2-1 (0) A Quick Systray Application Launcher 15 aur/apwal 0.4.5-1 (31) Apwal is a simple application launcher for Linux together with a powerful editor. 16 aur/bbdock 0.2.8-4 (26) An application launcher dockapp supporting PNG files and transparency 17 aur/cardapio 0.9.123-1 (13) An alternative Gnome menu, launcher, and much more! 18 aur/clutk-bzr 224-1 (1) A general-purpose toolkit for Clutter used by UNR's netbook-launcher. 19 aur/dmenu-launch 0.4.1-1 (6) A simple Dmenu-based application launcher. Launches binaries and XDG shortcuts. 20 aur/enyo-doom 0.4-1 (8) GUI launcher for Doom running under the Doomsday and Chocolate Doom engine. 21 aur/epsxe-launcher-bash 0.1-1 (31) Bash launcher for the Enhanced PSX Emulator. 22 aur/epsxe-launcher-python 0.1-2 (101) Python launcher for epsxe 23 aur/gnome-do-bzr 1320-2 (120) A launcher application for GNOME 24 aur/gnome-launch-box 0.4-1 (36) Quicksilver like launcher 25 aur/go-home-applet 0.2.8-1 (11) A gnome-panel applet that, when clicked upon, displays the desktop. Used in a netbook-based desktop, the desktop-window will normally be the launcher. 26 aur/go_big v1.0.3-1 (3) A full-screen program launcher for GNOME 27 aur/google-appengine-wx-launcher-svn 7-1 (4) GUI launcher for Google App Engine 28 aur/googlizer 2-1 (7) A GNOME panel/menu launcher that spawns a Google search of your X clipboard contents 29 aur/hayaku 1.5.2-1 (15) Application launcher 30 aur/instead-launcher 0.3-1 (13) launcher and games downloader for INSTEAD quest interpreter 31 aur/itask-ng-svn 739-2 (63) a taskbar and app-launcher dock, which makes use of composite, but can also be used without. 32 aur/kdeplasma-addons-applets-daisy 0.0.4.23-1 (16) A simple application launcher for Plasma. 33 aur/kupfer v201-1 (90) Launcher application written in python. Similar to Gnome-Do / Launchy 34 aur/lancelot-svn 1.7-1 (Out of Date) (8) Lancelot is an application launcher menu (or ALI) for KDE 4 designed to provide a place from which all your jobs begin. 35 aur/liblauncher 0.3.6-1 (3) A library to build launchers 36 aur/liblauncher-0.1 0.1.8-1 (0) A library to build launchers 37 aur/mfe 0.1.6-1 (36) A simple, GTK+ frontend / launcher for mednafen, written in python. 38 aur/netbook-launcher 1.5.1-1 (Out of Date) (6) the desktop-launcher which takes the place of Nautilus 39 aur/netbook-launcher-complete 2.1.18-1 (13) "(for Gnome 2.30) Netbook-launcher from Ubuntu UNR. Replace the normal menu launcher. To use with go-home-applet, 40 aur/netbook-launcher-complete-legacy 2.12-0 (0) "(Gnome 2.28)Netbook-launcher from Ubuntu UNR. Replace the normal menu launcher. To use with go-home-applet, 41 aur/netbook-launcher-efl 0.3.1-1 (0) UNR legeraging the EFL for lower graphics power systems. 42 aur/netbook-launcher-efl-bzr 168-1 (1) UNR legeraging the EFL for lower graphics power systems. 43 aur/plasma-klicker-plasmoid 0.1.1-2 (7) An icon application launcher with zooming. 44 aur/pylotro 0.1.11-1 (3) LOTRO/DDO Launcher (needed to login to Turbine Inc. servers) 45 aur/quicklauncher-plasmoid 0.5-1 (19) A plasmoid that reimplements the quicklaunch applet from kde3.5. 46 aur/quicklauncher-plasmoid-svn 1007244-1 (8) A plasmoid that implements a quicklaunch applet. (Development tree) 47 aur/sliderlauncher-plasmoid 0.1-r16beta (4) A compact launcher plasmoid that allows one to store lots of launchers in a small amount of space 48 aur/srcds-launcher 1.0.2-3 (1) Makes starting of srcds orangebox servers easier and faster. 49 aur/staylaunch 0.6.1-1 (4) *box auto launcher & configurator 50 aur/thinglaunch 1.8-1 (17) A minimalist application launcher for X 51 aur/usp2 462-1 (34) Simple menu and launcher for GNOME 52 aur/wmappl 0.71-3 (Out of Date) (9) wmappl is a simple scrolling application launcher for the WindowMaker dock 53 aur/wncksync 0.2.8-1 (1) A library to build launchers 54 aur/xhotkeys 0.9.8.3-1 (21) A simple and easily configurable hotkey launcher in pygtk 55 aur/xqf-svn 825-2 (15) XQF is a game server browser and launcher for Unix/X11 for many popular games (a qstat frontend) 56 aur/yeahlaunch 0.2-1 (20) Very simple application launcher which puts a horizontal menu on top of your screen.
Re: How do I get a script to run on desktop load?
Posted: 18 Jul 2010, 23:33
by dedanna1029
I ended up just going ahead and putting postgresql in daemons in rc.conf -- starts nicely. Will keep the other tips here handy though. Thanks!