Autostarting an app (mediatomb)

[Snorkel]

Has anybody accomplished this? I've had nothing but problems accomplishing this on every distro I've tried it on and just end up starting it manually every time I start the computer.

If anybody has gotten it to consistently autostart and work once it's started I'd love to hear how you did it.

[eggbanjo]

Re: Autostarting an app (mediatomb)

open synaptic (or other package manager) and look for kcontrol-autostart, install.

run kcontrol and you'll see the autostart option under kde Components. Just add what you need..

[Nate]

Re: Autostarting an app (mediatomb)

One way in kde4 is to go to the .kde4 folder under your user home directory. There you should see an "Autostart" folder. You can create a link (shortcut) to any of your applications and it will launch at start up.

[Snorkel]

Re: Autostarting an app (mediatomb)

I've tried that before and it never starts up correctly when I link it in the autostart folder.

I think I've finally got it autostarting like it should though. I made a script in the autostart folder like this and it's finally working!

#!/bin/sh
sleep 45
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I've tried making a similar script before without success, but I think I was using sleep 10 and I don't think that was enough time for my wireless interface to get up and running.

[Fenix-TX]

Re: Autostarting an app (mediatomb)

Try adding in cron your program