Quoting Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > start anything you want in either ~/.xinitrc if you use startx or > ~/.xsession if you use kdm/xdm.
And make sure you start them in background (for .xinitrc at least) because anything in the foreground will determine the life-span of your X session. It dies, X ends. Ciprian Popovici