setting programs to start on bootup

[the_ultimate_samurai]

i have a couple of programs i want to start on bootup, one i want to start durring standard startup (as root) and the other i want to startup with the session.

how would i go about doing this?

[GNU-Fan]

Be more specific. What distribution and what desktop environment do you use?

The different .xinit startup scripts could be one possibility.

[scm]

Start the standard startup one via the /etc/rcX.d mechanism. As GNU-Fan says - we need more info to help with the session start: if you're using command line put it in the shell's profile (.bashrc, .profile, etc).

[the_ultimate_samurai]

ah, sorry shoulda been more specific, im using debian lenny with the kde desktop.

i shall have to check out the rc.d though...