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    Firefox doesn't autorun

    I have already searched in these forums for my problem(s), but the solutions, I found, don't work.
    My situation is this:
    I have a Knoppix 3.9 HD install. Making an intensive use of "apt --purge remove" I have now a "small Knoppix".
    I have modified /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig substituting DESKTOP="kde" with DESKTOP="fluxbox" in order to unistall kde and use Fluxbox as window manager.
    I would like to start Firefox when XFree starts: I copied /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc in /home/knoppix/.xinitrc and added the line "firefox". Rebooting XFree nothing happens. Any suggestion?
    I also need to start a non-X program at system boot (a web server): how can I do?
    At the end I need to start a non-X program under a "rxvt session" (so I can see what happens on the screen) at system boot: how can I do?
    I'm a "almost-newbie" in Linux.
    Thanks in advance.

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    Hi sassi67,

    do you want to run an app when XFree starts or when Fluxbox starts? If it's the second instance maybe you need to create an apps file in ~/.fluxbox/ directory and put in it the app you want to run, following the suggest as in this link http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docs/...ev.php#startup

    bye, max

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    Works!
    I have created the file ~/.fluxbox/apps and added these lines:

    [startup] {firefox}
    [startup] {rxvt ...}

    restart Fluxbox and voilà...

    For the non-X apps I think I'll read something about daemons management under Knoppix, do I?
    Thank you, maxIT


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    Quote Originally Posted by sassi67
    For the non-X apps I think I'll read something about daemons management under Knoppix, do I?...
    or maybe something about in wich directories linux/debian look for start up scripts, maybe /etc/init.d or so...

    regards, max

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    I discover that I can put my non-X apps in /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig: they start.

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