[ltp] Where to start tpb

[Patrick Reijnen]

If you are using KDE, you can put the script in the directory
.kde/Autostart under the users homedirectory.
It then starts every time the user logs in at KDE.

Patrick

> Thank you very much for your help.
>
>>> Where should i start a program like tpb (ThinkPad Buttons). Should I
>>> configure it with a script in the /etc/init.d and run it at runlevel 5?
>>> Doesn't seem to work here. :-(
>>
>> Look for a folder /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d . If it exists in SuSE it's a
>> great place to put a startup script for tpb (note that scripts in this
>> folder are usually not supposed to take parameters).
>>
>> Scripts in this folder are executed (if so) by the xsession script.
>> Hence they are running as the user who is running the X server.
> well, it doesnt work the way i want it to work.
> my user "steve" cant use the buttons. (no programms pop up on his desktop"
>   if i run the script by hand from there as steve it works.
>
> so i think i want that script it to be run by the user who is logging in,
> ey?
>
>> Hence they are running as the user who is running the X server.
> How can i know who that is?
>
> Thankyou,
> Stefan
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