Bug 1431

Summary:	add an alternate directory for user autostart files
Product:	Sisyphus	Reporter:	Sergey Vlasov <vsu>
Component:	xinitrc	Assignee:	placeholder <placeholder>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P5	CC:	glebfm, ldv, placeholder
Version:	unstable
Hardware:	all
OS:	Linux

Description Sergey Vlasov 2002-10-19 20:38:36 MSD

I think there should be another directory for the user-specific autostart files, in addition to ~/Desktop/Autostart. This directory should be hidden - e.g., ~/.xsession.d/Autostart, so it won\'t clutter the listing of the home directory (and ~/Desktop could be deleted - not everyone uses KDE :-).

Also, I suggest to run files from that new directory in foreground instead of running in background as ~/Desktop/Autostart/* - this may be useful for some setup tasks.
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Comment 1 Sergey Vlasov 2002-10-19 21:12:43 MSD

Another related suggestion: it would be useful to pass the parameter of /etc/X11/Xsession to autostart files. For example, I want to start bbkeys and friends only when I select a Blackbox session.

Comment 2 Sergey Vlasov 2002-10-19 21:12:43 MSD

Another related suggestion: it would be useful to pass the parameter of /etc/X11/Xsession to autostart files. For example, I want to start bbkeys and friends only when I select a Blackbox session.

Comment 3 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-11-11 15:51:29 MSK

Implemented in 2.4.8-alt1:
+ sourcing ~/.xprofile;
+ executing from ~/.xsession.d/ (instead of ~/Desktop/Autostart/).

Comment 4 Dmitry V. Levin 2002-11-11 15:51:29 MSK

Implemented in 2.4.8-alt1:
+ sourcing ~/.xprofile;
+ executing from ~/.xsession.d/ (instead of ~/Desktop/Autostart/).

Comment 5 Sergey Vlasov 2002-11-14 23:06:05 MSK

The main problem was solved (the \&quot;another suggestion\&quot; part reported separately as #0001560).

Comment 6 Sergey Vlasov 2002-11-14 23:06:05 MSK

The main problem was solved (the \&quot;another suggestion\&quot; part reported separately as #0001560).