For GNOME, you can put the command (imwheel) into the startup section
of the Control Centre. For KDE, there is an Autostart directory that
runs everything in it at startup - just make a link there. If you use
XFree86 4.x, the you don't need imwheel at all, just the XF86Config
file settings.
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:53, Patrick wrote:
> Okay, I'm not getting this right. How about a kick in the right
> direction? I have edited the XF86Config file per the instructions I
> have (ZaxisMapping 4 5, Protocol IMPS/2) from the MandrakeUser.org
> pages. Tested it by running imwheel in konsole. Works fine. Now I
> wish to have imwheel automatically during X startup. The
> instructions (and the 3 books I have) are unclear on the following:
>
> "Restart X, run imwheel and everything should work fine. If it does,
> you should add this command to your '.xinitrc' or '.xsessionrc' to
> have it executed automatically on every X startup."
>
> Okay, no problem. Works fine. But - exactly WHAT command am I adding
> to the .xinitrc file? I have tried imwheel, /etc/X11/imwheel,
> /etc/X11/imwheelrc, exec imwheel, exec /etc/X11/imwheel. Does it
> matter where I add it? Does it matter how I add it? What basic fact
> am I missing here?
>
> Thankx
>
> Pat the Rat
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson
