Thanks for the hints. I am running Gnome, and I think I found the problem in .gnome/session in my home directory. Should I just edit the lines referring to Opera out directly, or would there be a better way. It does not show up in the Gnome menu under "Session properties and startup programs". Here are the lines from .gnome/session that include the four lines that seem to refer to starting up Opera.
9,Environment=GNOME_DESKTOP_ICON /usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-term.png 10,id=117f000001000103092727700000005740000 10,RestartStyleHint=0 10,Program=/usr/lib/opera/6.03-20020813.1/opera 10,RestartCommand=/usr/lib/opera/6.03-20020813.1/opera -session 117f000001000103092727700000005740000 11,id=117f000001000103092886400000004730001 --- Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 01 September 2002 02:31 pm, steve thompson > wrote: > > Could someone please point me to how I control > start > > up > > so a program can be made > > made not to start when I boot up? I installed the > > browser Opera and by mistake selected an option > for it > > to open at start up. Now I can not find where > that is > > controlled to prevent it from happening. Purging > and > > reinstalling did not solve it. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Steve > > Greetings Steve: > > I am trying to recall such a configuration question, > but I do not recall it > ever being mentioned via the install script. I have > installed it here and it > was as simple as 'dpkg -i opera_xxSomeVersion.deb'. > I have also recently > installed it on a test box, again never seeing any > mention of 'automatically > start up with.." > > Perhaps you have something like a kde desktop that > is doing this? If that is > the case, it would have nothing at all to do with > opera. Can you provide > clearer details, perhaps we can figure it out. > > tatah > - -- > > Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls\/A GNU-Debian linux user\/ > http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls > If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. I SHOUT > JUST FOR FUN. > Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. > Please Support freedom! > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE9cqg2ZHBxKsta6kMRAmk3AJ9FC8qFhaRGBWXXIc62eC8NXgsTOQCgoXML > WNon8L96WL/U8PvlnnhSyZM= > =xDx3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
