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I have a fully unattended Ubuntu Install process in place that installs xfce for me and then some other stuff. My only problem: while I can add new startup scrips by just copying them to ~/.config/autostart, there are also some programs listed in Autostart-Manager gui that comes with xfce4. Is there a way to disable these default scripts (specially: update notification) only using console commands so I can copy that in my install script?

I looked at everything xfconf-query has to offer but there does not seem to be a function for this application. These scripts are also neither in ~/.config/autostart nor in ~/Desktop/Autostart

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  • Have you tried copying the update-notifier.desktop to your ~/.config/autostart and then changing the NotShowIn property to include XFCE? – steeldriver Jul 5 '18 at 11:01
  • They're probably in /etc/xdg/autostart. – muru Jul 5 '18 at 11:12
  • Thanks @muru, did not know about that folder and sure enough, there it was! – Teekeks Jul 5 '18 at 11:32
  • @Teekeks excellent! If you could post an answer showing how you disabled those entries, it would be nice. – muru Jul 5 '18 at 11:52
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With the Help of @muru I found a solution.

Besides ~/.config/autostart/ and ~/Desktop/Autostart/, there is a third Folder, /etc/xdg/autostart/ with scripts. I ended up just deleting the ones that I do not need.

To be exact, I used this command as root to disable the Update Notifier:

rm -f /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop
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  • good answer, but using sudo instead of root would be better for some "purist" Ubuntu users :D – damadam Jul 5 '18 at 12:24
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    I still think it would be better to disable them locally - if you simply remove files from the /etc/xdg/autostart directory there's a chance they will be reinstalled during subsequent package updates (not to mention confusing the package management system) – steeldriver Jul 5 '18 at 13:07

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