03-30-2004
A GUI needs X which is not available when system is still executing init scripts.
Do you use KDE? If so there is an Autostart directory in the user's .kde directory.
Otherwise, you may still try to edit xinitrc. Depending on configuration this file is not necessarily sourced, though.
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LEARN ABOUT XFREE86
setsid
SETSID(1) User Commands SETSID(1)
NAME
setsid - run a program in a new session
SYNOPSIS
setsid [options] program [arguments]
DESCRIPTION
setsid runs a program in a new session. The command calls fork(2) if already a process group leader. Otherwise, it executes a program in
the current process.
OPTIONS
-c, --ctty
Set the controlling terminal to the current one.
-w, --wait
Wait for the execution of the program to end, and return the exit value of this program as the return value of setsid.
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
SEE ALSO
setsid(2)
AUTHOR
Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>
AVAILABILITY
The setsid command is part of the util-linux package and is available from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
util-linux July 2014 SETSID(1)