Looking for a good way to start an application automatically when the Nokia boots. I've searched, but haven't found anything yet. I'm surprised this isn't a more common request.


Anyone have a solution?

At boot time, write a init script or when desktop is loaded, grab autohome-applet.

I could use this too actually, since my touchscreen's broke :-(

Although i'd hafta use a bluetooth keyboard, wouldn't I...

Thanks for the reply, and sorry for my ignorance - but what is "autohome-applet"?

Anyone done this before?

The thread entitled Automatically launch browser on startup might be of some help. Note that you need to be familiar with xterm, becoming root, and editing system files.

Thanks... I was hoping for a simpler solution since I'd like to be able to pass easy instructions to others.

Hopefully somebody will create a 3rd party app, or maybe we'll see this ability in a future OS update.

There is a autohome-applet in the "Ricky Brent's Maemo Packages" repository.
Search in http://www.gronmayer.com/it/index.php for autohome-applet and you'll get a big green arrow to install the repo. Don't know if and how the app works though.