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Script not running at startup

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I'm an Ubuntu 13.04 user and I'm trying to run a script at startup. I created it in /etc/init.d/, gave it chmod 755 and ran the update-rc.d <your script> defaults command. The script is remapping my mouse's keybindings and contains the following:

#! /bin/sh

xinput set-button-map 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8

It runs correctly if I do it manually, but I want it to run with startup.

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answered 3 Years ago taigysel · Accepted Answer

Wouldn't that run it before there's an X Server around for it to interface with?

The simplest way to get this to work would just be to add sh -c "xinput set-button-map 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8" to your start-up applications and that'll run it when you log in.

There's also /etc/xdg/autostart for all users, into which you can write .desktop files (look at the existing ones for syntax help).