Questions tagged [autostart]
Applications started when a desktop environment starts, i.e. as part of graphical login
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XFCE Session & Startup Application terminal command to turn on and off
In XFCE4 I can create my own custom start-up commands at Settings Manager > Session & Startup > Application Startup and turn them on or off by clicking on the command's check-box.
Is there a ...
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Is there an application to watch changes in auto starting apps and services?
I'm thinking of developing an application to watch changes for auto starting applications and service that would notify when:
A service state change (enabled/disabled/added/removed)
An application ...
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How do I make xset -b work on the LXDE login screen?
I'm using the boring old LXDE login screen:
I often hit the wrong few keys for my username or password, backspace them by spamming the relevant key, and then upset everybody in the room because a ...
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How to add a flatpak app to Gnome 3 autostarts?
I installed telegram-desktop via flatpak and would like to autostart the messenger when logging into Gnome 3 (or Unity as a fact). Is there a way to robustly do so?
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ChromeOS - Autorun script located on a USB drive
I am developing a piece of software that is eventually going to run on ChromeOS and will come in the form of an Android app (apk package). We have been asked to come up with a distrubution system that ...
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Killed process starts again automatically!
I've several Rasberry Pi with an app written in QT that automatically start at logon... the automatic start is made through the /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart file.
I've inserted in this ...
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bind to vfio-pci or pci-stub at startup
I'm trying to bind a NIC to pci-stub or vfio-pci at startup so my libvirt-managed VM can use it on autostart, but the NIC keeps being claimed by ixgbe. I tried
inserting into /etc/initramfs-tools/...
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Weston—run program on desktop start
I have successfully installed wayland/weston on my system. I would like to start a program (chromium) whenever weston starts. Right now:
weston-lauch
starts the desktop, from there I can start a ...
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How to run script at start when everything is up and running?
I have a PC for routing purposes, it has 2 network interfaces and runs Debian. I want to add a sound to it, to signal that it is booted and okay.
So I've created some /etc/init.s/beep-startup script, ...
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Understanding AutostartCondition key in .desktop files
CentOS 7.x with GNOME 3 Shell by default provides the following *.desktop files under /etc/xdg/autostart/ with AutostartCondition key:
# gnome-welcome-tour.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
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How do I configure my Amazon Linux service to auto-restart if it fails?
I'm using Amazon Linux. I have a script to start and stop a service, written in bash, located at
/etc/init.d/wildfly
At the various run levels, I have symlinks to ensure the script starts and stops,...
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How to autostart LXterminal in openbox maximized?
The problem is that I found a solution for my .config/openbox/rc.xml, but not for .config/openbox/autostart.sh. Normally, it's just the command with options like in CLI, but man lxterminal doesn't ...
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How to prevent kdeconnectd from starting automatically?
These don't work: sudo update-rc.d kdeconnectd disable sudo systemctl disable kdeconnectd.service
There is no script for it in /etc/init.d/ and the /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.kde.kdeconnect....
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Ubuntu with Xmonad - How to run programs on startup
I'm using Ubuntu Mate with XMonad. I can't seem to understand how to run something at startup after the login.
I want some programs like Firefox to run when I login to my desktop.
Now let's say I ...
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How do I get HexChat to start on i3 login in its own workspace (but not in workspace 1)?
On i3 start up I'd like HexChat to automatically start in my fifth workspace.
I know how to edit my config (~/.i3/config) to start HexChat on i3 start up, namely by adding exec hexchat line to it, ...
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Program stops for some reason, while executed via init.d, but not in nohup call
I have created my own heat-control circuit on my raspberry pi, that controls pumps of my home-heating system.
The program is executed each time, Gnu/Linux starts (I put the program into init.d and ...
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Use of command “xssstate ” in ubuntu?
I want to access the screensaver state of ubuntu (when my laptop is idle for some minute) . And run an application if screensaver start and if I click or stir mouse pad then application should exit as ...
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Why I cannot initialize dummy interface at bashrc?
I did try to initialize a dummy interface in shell manually without no problem. In order to bring up this interface at every boot up process, then i tried to add it to /etc/bashrc or /etc/profile as ...
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Where to put the script file for autostart [duplicate]
I am using Linux box which have the the following flavour
LSB Version: :base-4.0-amd64:base-4.0-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:...
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Which program runs $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart in Debian 9?
Which program runs $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart in Debian 9?
I tried putting the following .desktop file in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=test
Comment=test
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openbox autostart only works partially
I'm new to openbox but have already found great appreciation in using it. I've however got some troubles with my autostart file.
My ~/.config/openbox/autostart looks like:
tint2
dbus-launch xfce4-...
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How to add service to run at boot on slackware linux?
I am trying a Slackware 14.2. I can start sshd by /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 sshd start but my question is how to add service to run at boot on slackware linux? Basically how to permanently add services to ...
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I get error when I want to execute my program from /home
I have compiled my code in this path : /home/m/ChatScript-master/SRC and created executable file myapp .
I can run it from inside the SRC folder like ./myapp. But when I try /home/m/ChatScript-master/...
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Start tmux and execute a set of commands on boot
I'm trying to find a way to have tmux start for a specific user on boot. The tmux session should run two Python scripts.
I think I could start Python as mentioned here, but I'd rather have it in a ...
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Autostart supervisord 4.0.0, Ubuntu server 16.04
I installed last version from https://github.com/Supervisor/supervisor
By command:
python3 setup.py install
Now I'm able to run supervisord manually, just by typing
sudo supervisord
So, after ...
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How to start a Linux (RHEL 6.8) based GUI application on boot
I am trying to auto start MeatGrinder GUI application on boot.
I have small script which will invoke the application. My requirement is to auto trigger the script on boot.
Here is my script-
#!/...
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How do I auto start X application in wayland?
I just installed Arch with gnome and wayland. Never used wayland before and I noticed it poses a few problems when I try to run tilda terminal.
I can run tilda using this command:
GDK_BACKEND=x11 ...
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Managing startup applications in debian buster 10 (mate)
I saw How to manage startup applications in Debian 9?
At that time, gnome-tweak-tool was the go-to-tool however, since a few days, that app. is not there anymore.
I am running on Debian buster.
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How to Autorun a program using busybox after boot?
I am using an embedded linux with busybox. I would like to automatically run my app called "myApplication" (runlevel 5 after boot all the services are up).
What I have done so far:
I made a script ...
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Using systemd to prevent python scripts from crashing
I want to prevent multiple python scripts from crashing on my Raspberry Pi (Stretch OS).
I wanted to clarify if this would be the way of implementing a systemd file to prevent multiple python scripts ...
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Autostarting a python script whenever it crashes
I am trying to autostart a python script everytime it crashes on my raspberry pi. I am adhering to the shell script solution offered here: https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/14735/how-do-...
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How to make an script open at login?
I have an app like top that I want to open it when login.
Example: My Debian starts at the CLI with auto-login, and then, automatically the top shows up.
It is an analogue of having a GUI desktop ...
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How to manage startup applications in Debian 9?
So I'd like to manage my autostart applications and e.g. disable those which I prefer not to autostart. How can I do that in Debian 9.0?
I could not do so via the System Monitor and I'd prefer a GUI ...
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Manjaro, KDE, auto start application, skip desktop to taskbar
Is there a way to get an application that auto starts when I boot up to skip the desktop (skip the task manager as well) and go strait to the taskbar?
For example, I have Discord, which starts up ...
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Auto-connect VPN in Kali Linux?
I current have a working VPN on my Kali Linux box however I feel uncomfortable with the fact that sometimes I forget to manually connect it in the network manager.
After digging around everywhere in ...
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How to make dnscrypt-proxy auto start in Fedora 25
When I install dnscrypt-proxy, I found no dnscrypt-proxy.service here.
I write a bash to launch it, and write a desktop file here, ~/.config/autostart/dnscrypt.desktop
#!/bin/bash
zenity --password ...
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How to autostart a service with systemd from a user's home?
I configured a unit which is expected to run simple logging service:
$ cat /etc/systemd/system/msgwriter.service
[Unit]
Description=Writes the values of the counter to the file
[Install]
WantedBy=...
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systemd: Move getty to tty2+ and start script on tty1
I'd like to "autorun" a shell script on tty1 and start the rest of the ttys on tty2, tty3, ...
So far I have followed this advice (besides a ton of googling) and gotten the script to run on tty1 as ...
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init service failing to enable once a systemd service file is generated
I've been troubleshooting an issue with a sysVinit service not coming online properly at boot within a systemd environment. What I've found is that when no service file or overrides are present in /...
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How can I prevent Telegram from starting automatically on Debian 8.7 Jessie?
I'm using Telegram Desktop on Debian 8.7. It starts automatically even though I've not created any .desktop file under ~/.kde/Autostart. It's quite annoying as I don't want its window to show up ...
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How to run a script during boot as root after user desktop is loaded
I have a script that starts dropbox as user dropbox. I want it to automatically start after desktop environment is loaded. Desktop environment is running as another user not "dropbox".
When I run it ...
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need to restart cups to reach network printers
Every once in a while (not necessarily after resuming from suspend or booting) I have to sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart to see again the network printers. Is there a way to bypass this process, or what ...
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How to disable/remove Adobe tracker from the taskbar?
Unfortunately I need sometimes the Adobe pdf reader and can not use always one of the free alternatives.
Now I recognized a new icon in the Mate taskbar
Its tooltip says Adobe Tracker Alert and ...
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Run shell script after reboot in beaglebone black
I'm using a beaglebone black which works with Debian 8.6. I want to start a program after reboot. I tried crontab but it didn't work.
@reboot sleep 60 && /home/debian/acspilot/start.sh
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Run Script After Unlocking GDM [duplicate]
Hi I already tried all solution from execute-a-command-on-user-logon, and used PostLogin option of GDM.... The problem is all of these option are only works when system boots up but it's not what I ...
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Check if a program/script was run at startup?
In Linux, there are many files we can modify to add a program run at start up (/etc/rc.local, bashrc, bash_profile, $HOME/.config/autostart, ...) ? Now I have a reverse question: I have a program, can ...
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How to launch gui application as root on login?
I've got a gui application that runs a couple of scripts, which require root access. Normally it is run with sudo, but I've modified the scripts (by running only commands that require root access with ...
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How to list “only” startup applications through the terminal on Fedora 24
How to list in the terminal "only" start-up applications (the ones that you find normally in "Startup Application Preferences" Dialog box on Fedora Mate Desktop). This question can be generalized to ...
