[PLUG] Run a simple script at KDE startup

[Denis Heidtmann]

I spoke to soon.  The hardware is fine.  A dual-boot to Windows ME shows that 
the system can in fact power-down the monitor under program control.

Anybody have ideas of where to look? xset dpms force off does not power the 
monitor off--it merely blanks the screen.  There are many comments on dpms 
problems in KDE and Gnome, but none seem to be inability to power the monitor 
off--they deal with the time of inactivity and how to set it.

-Denis

Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> Thanks, Jon.  I found that the default values are stored in 
> $HOME/.kde/share/config/kcmdisplayrc.  I can change them there.  
> However, my monitor does not power off.  It goes blank, but I expect 
> that just shuts off the beam, no power savings.  I get the Energy Star 
> logo, but I guess that is just advertising.
> 
> -Denis
> 
> Jon Scully wrote:
>> Do: mkdir ~/.kde/env
>>
>> Also, $KDEDIR should point to /opt/kde (i.e. usually does)
>>
>> On 12/11/06, Denis Heidtmann <denish at dslnorthwest.net> wrote:
>>> Since setting the display power-off time is broken in systemsettings, 
>>> I want to
>>> run xset 0 60 120 when KDE is started.
>>>
>>> Below is from KDE FAQ, with my comments.  Does the mismatch between 
>>> what is
>>> described in the FAQ and my system mean that the FAQ is out-of-date?  
>>> Does
>>> anyone here know where I should place my little script so that it 
>>> runs during
>>> start-up?  I would prefer that it run for all users, but I can live 
>>> with it
>>> running just for a specific user.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -Denis
>>>
>>> FAQ: How do I run a program at KDE startup?
>>>
>>> There are many ways to do that. If what you want to do is to run some 
>>> scripts
>>> that would set some environment variables (for example, to start 
>>> gpg-agent,
>>> ssh-agent and others), you can put these scripts into $KDEHOME/env/ 
>>> and make
>>> sure their names end in .sh. $KDEHOME is usually a folder named .kde 
>>> (note the
>>> period at the beginning) in your home folder.
>>>
>>> In my system, no ~/.kde/env exists.  ~/.kde does, but it contains 5 
>>> folders:
>>> tmp-R2D2, socket-R2D2, share, cache-R2D2, and Autostart.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you want scripts to be executed for all KDE users, you can put 
>>> them under
>>> $KDEDIR/env/, where $KDEDIR is the prefix KDE was installed to (you 
>>> can find
>>> this out using the command kde-config --prefix).
>>>
>>> In my system, $KDEDIR is /usr.  No directory /usr/env exists either.
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