Autostart X Application in Raspberry Pi

Assuming that you're using the official Raspbian (mine is "wheezy") image, the default Window Manager is LXDE. Therefore, to enable an X application to start automatically once X started, you would consult LXDE documentation. This is the direct link: http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Autostart.

What basically you should do is create a directory named autostart inside ~/.config. Here, the ~ means the home directory of the account that log-in directly to X. Then, in the autostart directory, create a *.desktop file and make it executable (chmod +x [your_file].desktop). The format of the *.desktop file as follows:

[Desktop Entry] 

Type=Application

Exec=your_application_path_here

That's it.

Anyway, some other useful links:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXDE#Autostart_Programs
http://blog.flowbuzz.com/2012/07/raspberry-pi-and-autostart.html
http://wicd.sourceforge.net/moinmoin/FAQ

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