Questions tagged [autostart]
Make programs start upon logging in, or stop them from doing so.
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Automatically download file after boot
I have a direct link to a file (PDF) on the WWW. The file is updated every day. I would like to download it every day in order to keep track of the changes. What's the easiest way to do this ...
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Run Shutdown Script Ubuntu 16.04.3
I have several services that need to be manually saved and shutdown before the server does a reboot or shutdown. I enter them manually by using a script. I was trying to figure out if I can do it ...
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Auto-decrypt disk on startup? (retrieving password remotely?) [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and chose to do full disk encryption as well as home dir encryption.
At startup, I'm asked Please unlock disk sda3_crypt and I have to manually enter the disk decryption ...
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Can byobu run with specific window size and location?
On my Ubuntu 14.04, I am using 2 monitors: Main and sub.
I also set byobu as a start-up application:
Is it possible to start byobu maximized on the sub monitor?
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Autostart a service as root [duplicate]
How to autostart a task at system start up i.e. myprogram.bin with admin rights?
Regards
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What is the difference between ~/.config/autostart and ~/.config/autostart-scripts?
I have Kubuntu 17.10, trying to copy a .desktop file into the autostart directory then I figured out that I don't have it, just the directory ~/.config/autostart-scripts
I do not know if they have ...
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How are applications automatically launched at boot if they are not registered as services
I have downloaded and started jetbrain toolbox executable once and now every time I boot my Ubuntu, I can instantly see jetbrains indicator. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I just want to figure out ...
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Start Specific Terminal on Startup
I coded an application using libpcap and ncurses. Obviously, this application is supposed to run in the terminal.
Therefore, I created a script that launches my application in gnome-terminal with a ...
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How to run an autostart application as root?
I am currently using a VPN application that requires administrative privileges and I have added the application to my autostart. However, every time I login, I will always be asked to enter my ...
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Disable gnome-software from loading at startup
Gnome-software, which is one of the top memory consumers, is being loaded at startup and thus decreasing boot time.
I rarely use gnome-software, and on most boot-ups it is useless. However there is ...
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Setting up autostart application in Xubuntu
I have a problem with a startup application.
I have a miner (EWBF 0.3.4b) located in /home/kriszcash/Desktop/0.3.4b/. When I start the computer, I need to open a terminal and run
cd /home/kriszcash/...
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Systemd startup script for Ubuntu 16.04
I'd like to write a simple (systemd I guess) start up script that just does the following:
Issues the command of /opt/ibm/domino/notes/90010/linux/server -jc -c.
From the directory of /srv/notesdata.
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Autostart Python script in Terminal Lubuntu
I'm using Lubuntu with the ODROID C0. There is a Python script which needs to be autostarted. I navigated to
[start menu]>preferences>Default applications for LXSession
, then navigated to the ...
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Xubuntu 16.04 doesn't seem to remember any changes I make to the startup applications.
I recently installed Xubuntu 16.04 and I'm having trouble making any changes to the applications that startup when I log into my computer (from the Sessions and Startup menu). Any changes that I make ...
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How to create service user for application and run it at startup from that user
I have an application, that I should run at startup.
I created system user for that application with useradd -r serviceUser and made him the owner of application directory.
Then I write startup ...
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Start web application automatically on log-in [duplicate]
This question has two components:
Make a website like Outlook 365 into an app. (One approach I describe below is to use Google Chrome / Chromium)
Open that app automatically on log-in. This is the ...
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Mythtv - have to kill and restart backend at every boot
Ubuntu 16.04, fresh install.
I don't know what I've done to mess it up, but I have to kill mythbackend (which for some reason is running with root privileges so requires sudo to kill) and start it ...
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How to make jar file run automatically on system start [duplicate]
I am fololowing this link but this did not work for me .
My start up script is:
#!/bin/bash
java -jar AppDemo.jar
My stop script is:
#!/bin/bash
#Grabs and kill a process from the pidlist that ...
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Configuring startup apps during ISO customization in UCK
I would like to customize ubuntu image that would have pre-configured autostartup. In general, user goes to "Startup Applications" GUI and adds a specific command to be run on the start up. The answer ...
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Teamspeak Server autorestart when it´s not working or having issues
I have a Teamspeak Server running on my Linux (Ubuntu) Server. So here´s the question:
when the teamspeak did not work right like he didn´t start or the ts server shut down because of an error. i want ...
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x11vnc icon in panel after autostart
I'm running Lubuntu 16.04.
If I run command sudo x11vnc -auth... in terminal, the x11vnc server starts and it shows x11vnc icon in bottom panel (next to the clock). However, if I put this command to ...
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Autostart no longer working in Xubuntu 16.04
Since few days my autostart script is no longer invoked. I created a .desktop file within ~/.config/autostart/ that should invoke a script to open Chrome with special tabs.
For some mounth it worked....
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How to forbid ssh server to autostart on boot [duplicate]
I installed openssh-server,it will start ssh server on boot automatic.But I don't want that.How to forbid ssh server to autostart on boot?
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KDE does not remember autostart settings
KDE Plasma 5.9 (Xubuntu 17.04 with Kubuntu-Desktop installed) forgets the autostart settings as soon as I close the autostart dialog box. I'm trying to make Guake start with the system but the option ...
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Startup Applications not running in Remote Session
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04.2 with XRDP and I have startup applications. The startup applications run when it's on the computer itself but, the startup applications don't start when it's a remote session....
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How to make festival speak on graphical login in xfce4?
I've got Ubuntu Studio 16.04 with xfce4.
My goal is to run festival, the speech generator, whenever I log in into the graphical desktop environment.
Making festival say something in the terminal ...
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script.sh: source: not found
I have a question about rc.local. I created a script auto.sh and it includes:
#!/bin/sh
cd $home
source /opt/ros/indigo/setup.bash
xterm -hold -e "/opt/ros/indigo/bin/roscore" &
xterm -hold -e "/...
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Autostart application not working when done manually/programmatically
I am currently writing a background changer for Ubuntu that runs upon login. After a lot of head-desking, I finally decided an autostart application was the way to do it.
However, autostart ...
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How can I add my weather indicator to Startup Applications?
In spite of having enabled my weather indicator on the list of the Startup Applications, it never starts on startup; I have to do it manually all the time.
The command I entered is:
my-weather-...
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Lubuntu 14.04 Starting Python Script to Run in Background
I've got a python Bottle program which uses Bottles own internal dev server and I'm trying to get it to start up automatically in Lubuntu. I created a bash script like this:
nohup python /home/user/...
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Stop Autoplay of Videos on opening Websites
Whenever I open a new website, some websites start playing some kind of videos(like advertisement) automatically. This consumes my data and I want to stop autoplaying of such videos.
How can I stop ...
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Systemd service remains inactive due to code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
I have created a service on an Ubuntu 16.04 in order to run a c++ app after every boot.The c++ app runs among others ping measurements ,and that's why I need to start it after the network is up and ...
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LUKS full disk encryption - autostart [closed]
I have installed Ubuntu Server 16.10
Set up disk encryption with passphrase and installation on whole disk. Now every start or reboot is asking for
Please unlock disk sda5_crypt
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How to get Synergy to Autostart at login on Ubuntu 16.04
I am trying to get Synergy to autostart at boot on ubuntu 16.04 with no luck. I have seen plenty of ways to do it with 14.4 using lightdm or gnome but how does one go about it in 16.04 using Unity ...
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Run BleachBit CLI at startup
In BleachBit, if I go to Edit > Preferences > General, I can check the "Start BleachBit with computer" checkbox, but this will only launch the BleachBit GUI every time I start my computer, without ...
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Autostart synergy server on ubuntu 16.04
How do I configure synergy to start automatically as sever after login?
I have found the following tutorial https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynergyHowto#On_the_server but it seems a bit outdated. ...
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SDDM: How to run script as root on login and logout
I'm using Kubuntu 16.10.
What are my options to run a bash-script after login and after logout as root using SDDM?
I already tried switching to lightdm in order to create a /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ...
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Make a systemd service that changes /dev/null modification time
I have my files sorted by date to easily work with the most recent files. I also have a bunch of logs redirected to /dev/null in my home directory that I would like to be shown at the end. I tried to ...
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How to rotate screen at startup [duplicate]
I added a line
xrandr --output HDMI1 --rotate right
in /etc/rc.local to rotate one of my monitors at startup, but it doesn't work (
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Autostart postgresql 9.6.2 on 16.10
Fresh 16.10 install with fresh Postgresql-9.6.2. I can run "sudo service postgresql-9.6 start" to start postgresql service but can't get it to start on boot.
"sudo systemctl enable postgresql-9.6" ...
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How to deactivate media-scanner [duplicate]
I observed that when I plug a USB hard drive, Ubuntu starts a service called mediascanner-extractor and mediascanner-service-2.0. What is this? It looks like its kind of new, because I didn't noticed ...
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Starting Apache on Ubuntu 16.04: service doesn't and apache2ctl does work
I'm running Apache with a fairly custom configuration.
I noticed that service apache2 start and systemctl start apache2.service don't work, while apache2ctl start works fine.
The error message from ...
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Autostart service
I'm looking for a way to configure a service to run automatically whenever it stops for some reason. Currently I have set up a cronjob that checks if the service is running every minute and restarts ...
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How to redirect stdout and stderr in desktop entry?
I put a .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=sslocal >log 2>&1
Path=/etc/shadowsocks
Hidden=false
NoDisplay=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
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HOW TO? Uninstalled 'I2P' (Java application) but 'I2P' still starting java service after system startup
I installed I2P on my Ubuntu 14.04 (latest updates, openjdk-8-jre) using java -jar i2pinstall_0.9.28.jar -console.
After playing around with it, I uninstalled it by sudo java -jar uninstaller.jar, ...
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start up command
At start up I have to open terminal and put a command in to fix the screen resolution each time. Unfortunately other people who use this computer are struggling with this.
I tried to add it to /etc/...
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How to stop an application auto starting
Thunderbird has suddenly decided to auto start each time I logon to the desktop. Xubuntu 16.04.
It is not configured to auto start in the session settings panel, where else should I be looking ?
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KDE not starting automatically anymore
I installed Kubuntu on a new Lenovo laptop on which I want to keep Windows 10 in dual boot.
It was not easy and I had some troubles to be able to start the installation but it worked. I was not able ...
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Shutdown Startup Application
In Ubuntu 16.04 after setting shutdown now as an automatic command to be executed at startup, is there a way to remove it again?
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Added Auto Start of Kodi, Now I can't access my Regular user
I have followed the Kodi Wiki on how to auto start my media center, and it works perfectly! Only problem is is when I exit the system and try to enter my user Desktop, it gives me the error, "Failed ...
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