Autostart Howto - (Knetstats as an example)

[rodneyck]

I searched the web looking for a simple way to get knetstats, a network monitoring tool, to start in the system tray at startup. I got nothing for my efforts. What I did find was a command for another program that works for any app that is located in /usr/bin/xxxxx, so here goes...

In a terminal type the following to start app at KDE startup (knetstats as an example)

ln -s /usr/bin/knetstats ~/.kde/Autostart/knetstats

To remove, type in a terminal

rm ~/.kde/Autostart/knetstats

I know, pretty basic stuff, but it may help a newbie.

[askrieger]

Re: Autostart Howto - (Knetstats as an example)

Just a few words of explanation. KDE gives every user a directory under /home/YOURUSERNAME/.kde (which is abbreviated as ~/.kde/) called Autostart. Any executable program in that directory will be run when KDE comes up. Rodneyck is establishing a link in that directory to the program knetstats which is found in /usr/bin/. He is using a "soft" link (the -s in the command line setting up the link) just in case /usr is on a different file system than /home.

This trick will also work for programs residing in directories other than /usr/bin. You just have to know where they are.