Questions tagged [startup]
For questions regarding the processes that automatically run after booting.
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How to control programs run at startup?
I have wicd, hplib and psensor installed. But they all always a run at startup in KDE environment. How can I stop them running at startup?
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grub stopped during start-up
I have only Ubuntu 22.04 in my Dell Inspiron 3593 laptop,
but every restart or power the device doesn't continue and I need to force restart until Ubuntu opens.
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How to start a specific service when Ubuntu is started on WSL2
I need to run sudo service postgresql start every time when I start Ubuntu on WSL2.
How can I make the service start automatically when I start Ubuntu?
WSL doesn't use systemd, so sudo systemctl ...
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How to start Thunderbird minimized on start-up?
I followed this tutorial to set start Thunderbird in minimized mode at startup, but it wasn't helpful.
After following the instructions, I could not even start Thunderbird. So I was forced to start ...
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How to make Ubuntu 22.04 Faster?
I have referred this issue but never found any solutions that fixed the issue.
I am running a dual boot (Windows 11 & Ubuntu 22.04) on my Legion i5(2022 model). Out of these operating system ...
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How to disable OpenVPN from autostarting at boot-up or reboot?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, 64-bit, OpenVPN client 2.3.1
How do I prevent OpenVPN from autostarting at boot-up or reboot?
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How to enable Startup Sound in Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS?
Commands on internet for enabling Startup Sound works only on older builds of Ubuntu like 20.04. Therefore please provide a command in order to enable it for 22.04.1 LTS.
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system slowed by many "lib" tasks and boot shows several errors
Heres the system log after startup:
12:37:19 systemd: Failed to start Firmware update daemon.
12:35:17 pulseaudio: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a ...
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How to execute bash file on Ubuntu Unity startup?
After looking around for a bit on how to change my touchpad parameters automatically on booting up, I've found that I should be able to do this by creating the folder ~/.config/autostart in which I ...
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how do I run a startup script to set my touchpad scroll speed on startup
ive tried everything, crontab, setting it from a startup script like xinitrc, using the startup application option and running a script from there. but no matter what i do i always need to manually ...
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how to stop system startup apps (like update-notifier, evolution*, etc.) to start at login
Using "startup applications" I can remove MY installed apps from the startup. But there are some system apps like update-notifier, evolution-addressbook-factory, evolution-alarm-notify (and ...
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Ubuntu logo doesn't appear on startup
I have Ubuntu 22.10. The logo doesn't appear on startup. All I get is a black screen with these sentences:
[ 0.181917] x86/cpu: SGX disabled by BIOS.
/dev/sdb6: clean, 583900/4407696 files. ...
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Disk clean on startup freezes and doesn't continue to start up
OS: Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop
GPU: Nvidia 3060
Recently I set my wallpaper and after pressing replace the OS crashed and would no longer boot. It now freezes on the screen in the screenshot.
I tried fsck ...
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How do you get Yate to launch on startup?
How do you make Yate (VoIP telephony) start automatically at startup?
I've read this excellent post about adding Startup Applications on login, what I'd like to know is the startup command for Yate ...
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Black screen after installing Ubuntu 20.04 on 2010 iMac 21.5"
I followed the guide on lifewire How to Install and Dual-Boot Linux and macOS
to dual-boot a 2010 iMac running High Sierra & ATI Radeon HD4670 and suffered the common 'black screen' issue when ...
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How to invoke a command when starting a user session?
OS: Ubuntu 22.10
graphic card: nvidia
monitor: philips
Issue: how to change default gamma after X11 startup.
The gamma command I wish to invoke is either:
xgamma -rgamma 0.6 -ggamma 0.5 -bgamma 0.5
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How to install an init.d script?
I am trying to install an init.d script, to run celery for scheduling tasks.
Here is the steps I followed:
copied the file celeryd and pasted it in folder /etc/init.d/
created a configuration file ...
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After adding .sh file to Startup Applications, the .sh file will not invoke at startup
Ubuntu 22.10
The text of the script file (gamma.sh) I wish to invoke at boot/reboot is as follows:
xgamma -gamma 0.6
In terminal, the script can be invoked without difficulties by command: ./gamma....
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Start up Application Chromium
How to add chromium to run in start up? I used the command which you can see in image. But it's not working. I am using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
I have updated both OS and browser up to date.
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Cyclic startup problems (black screen -> superblock checksum wrong -> kernel panic after e2fsck -> ok startup -> black screen -> ...)
I have these problems on every boot. Basically, the booting my system acts like a state machine. The first state is booting into a black screen. I'm forced to power the PC off. After this, the next ...
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Where is "startup applications" user config file for disabled and enabled applications?
It is the gnome-session-properties command.
I know already the apps are at ~/.config/autostart.
I know there are files at /etc but those are root.
I found nothing at gconf-editor.
I need to know where ...
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How to delay the start of an application during startup to reduce total booting time?
I have an application installed on my Samsung NP-RV509 which makes the Fn keys work properly.
I have determined that the startup of this application is the reason for almost 30 extra seconds of ...
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Unable to enable Startup Sound in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS in Startup Application via the command that was used in 21.10 to enable startup sound
Please help me find out a way to enable startup sound as I'm highly used to it being a Windows user for a long time, where you just had to click a checkbox to enable startup sound...
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PC Won't Boot Ubuntu (or any OS)
I currently can't boot my PC (I can power it on and get to BIOS screens and such, but can't boot an OS). I'm running Ubuntu and don't currently have a Windows partition on it. When I boot, I end up on ...
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motion server doesnt start
I have a webserver with motion v 4.0, but motion doesnt start on boot, I have to tell it to start every time with sudo motion -b then everything is cool until I need to reboot. I have tried editing ...
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Startup script not executing
Ubuntu Version: 22.04.1 LTS
Hey! I'm trying to run startup.sh located in /root/startup.sh on startup. This is the content of the file:
synclient VertScrollDelta=-100
synclient CoastingFriction=35
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how to start application when system boots using a .desktop file
I searched and found out that I can make an application start while the system boots by using Startup Applications from the dash. But if I want to write a .desktop file, in which directory should I ...
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fail message upon boot up on kubuntu "failed to reset device"
https://i.stack.imgur.com/1rlmO.jpg
I recently began getting this message every time I boot my pc, I use kubuntu 18.04 encrypted drive
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on startup login screen has default wallpaper
I am on kubuntu 22.04 and when I start up my device, login screen shows the default login background not the one I set in settings.
waking from sleep or locking screen shows correct login screen ...
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WiFi soft-blocked by rfkill on startup
I have a small Acer Revo PC with Ubuntu 14.10 that I'm configuring to run as a portable media center.
I'm trying to set it up as a WiFi access point so that I can control XBMC/Kodi with Android ...
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Encrypted partition with user files not mounted at start up
I have a laptop with Ubuntu 22.10 with two disks.
One is used for the system and home directories.
The other is used for "data", and it is encrypted.
The idea was to have some sensitive home ...
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Errrors when loading ubuntu
Ubuntu 22.04
Dell latitude
When I boot up this flashes on the screen briefly.
[01.86885] x86/cpu: SGX disabled by BIOS.
/dev/nvme01p2: clean, 511745/15597568 files, 33342920/62383360
[3.609275] mtd ...
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Black screen at login
In /etc/profile.d/ I inserted the file custom.sh which reads:
~/.start/speakers.sh &
~/.start/vpn.sh &
As you can see, both files are run in the background. Why am I still experiencing, ...
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my screen is stuck while starting?
I've tried to update some packages and when I tried to reboot, after loading it's stuck in this screen.
I'm using ubuntu 22.04 LTS
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How to get rid of cloud-init?
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 image as my base box for vagrant. Unfortunately this base box contains cloud-init which causes many problems during starting-up the machine: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/...
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ubuntu 22.04 is ignoring/deleting my autostart applications
Been using ubuntu since version... 16? and never had this issue before. Just started after transitioning from 20 to 22.
PROBLEM:
I add an application to the list of startup applications (then close ...
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Start ngrok via systemctl services on Ubuntu Server
I am running a Ubuntu Server 22.04.1 and trying to run ngrok at startup using systemd, to create a ssh tunnel.
Current state:
BWS_ngrok.service under /etc/systemd/system/BWS_ngrok.service
ngrok.yml ...
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Internet connection problem, believe it's due to lack of initialization by Ubuntu 22.04 on startup
Several weeks ago, Ubuntu 22.04 was installed on two PCs, which were then customized with Slimjet browser, ProtonVPN, Autokey, Timeshift, and little else. Both systems operated flawlessly. Yesterday,...
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Frozen while booting, Nouveau system freeze fifo
To explain better, I took some pictures:
linux archer ~ dkms status
nvidia/520.56.06, 5.15.0-52-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox/6.1.38, 5.15.0-52-generic, x86_64: installed
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How to write an override to prevent an application from launching?
I am looking for help to write a script or terminal command by which I can prevent an app from launching. Let us call this script .bash_ban for instance.
Is it possible to write up a command in ....
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How can I keep my keyboard's lights on on startup?
I've created the following /etc/rc.local file in order to turn on the lights of my keyboard on startup :
#!/bin/sh -e
scrolllock=$(ls /sys/class/leds/ | grep scrolllock)
echo 1 | tee /sys/class/leds/$...
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Start Dropbox on Startup
I installed Dropbox (2.0.26) via the command line instructions here.
Dropbox is running great except that it won't start on startup. The command given, ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd, runs fine via the ...
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Ubuntu not starting after a reboot - unable to read RDB block 8
Yesterday I restarted my pc, but gave an error and won't start Ubuntu. I'm running version 22.04.1. During starting an Ubuntu screen appears for a short while, but then disappears and gives this ...
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Running a command line .net application on boot, as a user, without needing login
I have a dotnet console application that when executed will run a loop and await a keypress. On certain keypresses it will perform an action (via api calls etc..)
I have a raspberry pi running ubuntu ...
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"mountall: event failed" on startup
I have shrunk my root partition (/dev/sda1) and expanded my home partition (/dev/sda2) using the free space gained from the root partition.
Then, every time I boot my machine I get this error, "...
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Ubuntu blank purple screen on startup
I have Ubuntu 14.04 32bit LTS installed along with Windows 8 (dual boot).
I do not have any graphics card(nvidia ,amd ,etc). I have Intel hd graphics driver. It worked fine for many days, but now, on ...
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Desktop lockscreens when I press suspend
I am running Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) dual-booting with Windows 11. Not long ago, when I launched the Software Updater, it told me some error that I don't remember the phrasing of, but ...
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How to run scripts on start up?
How can I run scripts automatically when Ubuntu starts up so I don't have to run them manually after startup?
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External keyboard function keys not recognised unless I run script
I am running Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS with XFCE on a Dell laptop. When I am using an external keyboard the function keys are not correctly detected- for example in Intellij IDE.
I have a work-around ...
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Is there an easy way to have WSL Ubuntu services start automatically on Windows startup?
I have a question about the WSL version of Ubuntu. Is there an easy way to have bash start automatically when Windows starts and pass a command to it to start the SSH server? So that the SSH server ...
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