[SOLVED]Execute commands at startup

[ionmich1]

Ubuntu 18.04

I need to modify my keyboard at startup. I put

#!/bin/sh -e
# rc.local
#

xmodmap -e "keycode  68 = Home"
xmodmap -e "keycode  67 = Delete"
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in rc.local, but that doesn't work. So where should I have it put it? Thanks in advance.

[Holger_Gehrke]

rc.local - even if it does get executed, which needs activation of the service rc-local.service and /etc/rc.local has to be executable and needs a valid shebang line - would be a bad place for these commands because it runs before the GUI is started. Put the script in some file in your home and create a desktop file in ~/.config/autostart for it. That's what I do to set my touchpad to tap-to-click, which for some reason isn't available as an option in the settings ...

Holger

[ionmich1]

rc.local - even if it does get executed, which needs activation of the service rc-local.service and /etc/rc.local has to be executable and needs a valid shebang line - would be a bad place for these commands because it runs before the GUI is started. Put the script in some file in your home and create a desktop file in ~/.config/autostart for it. That's what I do to set my touchpad to tap-to-click, which for some reason isn't available as an option in the settings ...

Holger

Thank you for the speedy reply, and the appropriate solution.