add/remove apps from startup

[kramerP]

i'm sure this a dumb question but how do you add/remove applications from automatically starting up. i read some things about editing init scripts but the things i found were pretty confusing and didn't really give a clear answer.

[Vergil83]

if they are just regular programs take a look at
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/50

if it is daemons/services, go to

/etc/init.d

you can remove the ones listed there by using the command

update-rc.d -f program_script_name remove

[praka123]

but you got an option in GNOME menu>preference>sessions>startup..add command

[oz]

I usually start some of mine using the .xinitrc file, like this:


#!/bin/sh

#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
#
conky &
gkrellm &
exec fvwm