[SOLVED] How to run a command at login

[styphon]

I want my laptop to run this code at login:

xmodmap -e 'keycode 12 = 3 sterling'

However I have no idea what scripts run at login to get this code to execute, Please can someone tell me how I can get this code to run at login?

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

Put it in a script, then open up /etc/rc.local write the path to the script and save. Reboot and script should run on login.

So:

gedit myscript.sh

in gedit write as follows:

#! /bin/bash
xmodmap -e 'keycode 12 = 3 sterling'

save
Change permissions

sudo chmod +x ~/myscript.sh

then edit rc.local

sudo gedit /etc/rc.local

above the exit 0 line add the following replacing your user name as necessary:

/home/yourusername/myscript.sh

Restart

[styphon]

OK, that didn't work. It didn't run that command.

[sdennie]

I don't think xmodmap will run properly in rc.local because no DISPLAY variable has been set. You should be able to go to System->Preferences->Session and add the command you want to the startup commands.

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

I don't think xmodmap will run properly in rc.local because no DISPLAY variable has been set. You should be able to go to System->Preferences->Session and add the command you want to the startup commands.

If that's the case, sorry, but you get the idea of how to run a script at boot, even if in this case xmodmap won't run

[styphon]

I don't think xmodmap will run properly in rc.local because no DISPLAY variable has been set. You should be able to go to System->Preferences->Session and add the command you want to the startup commands.

That's worked brilliantly. Thank you.

If that's the case, sorry, but you get the idea of how to run a script at boot, even if in this case xmodmap won't run

No problems. Useful if I want to run anything else though. When exactly in the boot process does that script run?

[sdennie]

It runs right at the end of the boot procedure. Probably very near the time the login screen comes up.

[styphon]

It runs right at the end of the boot procedure. Probably very near the time the login screen comes up.

Ah, ok. I thought it was a login script. Is there one that runs at login that you can edit?

[sdennie]

I believe you can still create a script called .xinitrc that runs at login time but, it's probably better to go the System->Preferences->Session method just to keep everything consolidated in one place.

[styphon]

I believe you can still create a script called .xinitrc that runs at login time but, it's probably better to go the System->Preferences->Session method just to keep everything consolidated in one place.

OK, thank you for your help.