Questions tagged [startup-applications]
system application, that allows adding and management of program to session startup.
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How to find out name of applications to remove it in termial
I have tried to uninstall many apps in terminal because some apps are not shown in Ubuntu Software app. Every time, to uninstall an app I have to search from internet because it's hard to know how to ...
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Cant launch programs like chromium browser or steam
When I try to lauch chromium through the terminal, nothing happens. No feedback at all, just blank.
When I try to launch it through the gui, I can see it loading in the top left corner but after a ...
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Too many Startup Appplications?
I have two laptops both with Linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
On the older of the two laptops, when I open Startup Applications the following run on boot-up:
On the newer of the two laptops, the following run ...
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Ubuntu Ver. 20.04, cannot start fullscreen on mode single application Desktop Entry
I want to run an application with mode single application on startup Linux Ubuntu 20.04 without desktop, but the application can't open fullscreen, how to solve this problem?
Added in /usr/share/...
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What is the difference between an Autostart App and a system service?
I'm working on creating an auto-start script that will launch & run my applications upon startup. I've created a .sh file that will run my applications but I've found 2 different ways I can run ...
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ubuntu keeps deleting my startup applications
I need some help tracking this one down. I set guake to launch at startup or better yet login. I've set it a bunch of times but it just keeps being deleted. Sometimes I can reboot and it launches ...
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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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Startup applications - I want to set a clock on the 2nd display on startup
I want to see the clock (tty-clock in this case) on the 2nd display at the start of the system. But I don't know how to set it properly. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks.
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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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Removed startup applications reappear after logout
I have noticed something weird and annoying as soon as I switched to Ubuntu Desktop 22.04:
One of my post-installation procedures, which I run after installing a vanilla desktop, is to remove unwanted ...
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Trying to execute a command on startup to automatically mount Google Drive via rclone but I can't get it to work
I have saved @reboot rclone mount cloudstorage: ~/Cloud/ at the bottom of crontab -e and it does not do anything. I have also saved a .sh file with rclone mount cloudstorage: ~/Cloud/ (so without the @...
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Display Python Output on Login Screen
I am trying to display the output of a python file on the login screen of Ubuntu 22.04. For example, say I had a file startup.py that simply prints my IP address. I would like to display that printed ...
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Order of startup programs
It is my understanding that startup programs are run in alphabetical order.
I wanted to test that and wrote some scripts and put them in the Startup Programs.
Yet, Z_Last_Startup.sh runs first?
Why is ...
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Plank not auto-starting on 22.04 even though it is in Startup Applications
I've just upgraded to 22.04.1 (from 20.04) and the Plank dock is no longer autostarting when I log in.
If I run a ps -f then I can see the process running, but there is no dock displayed.
If I kill -...
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How to solve Ubuntu 22.04 startup application preferences issue?
So I have installed Skype and Teams on my laptop. And I have removed them from Startup Application Preferences. But whenever I opened Skype or Teams they are again added to startup. How to fix this ...
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Shell script does not run at desktop startup
I already potted a similar question here Ubuntu 20.04 startup script does not run at startup but after upgrading to 21.10 it no longer works.
This is my startup script:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=...
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Command does not run at startup but run manually
I have this command that remove the capslock delay.
xkbcomp -xkb "$DISPLAY" - | sed 's#key <CAPS>.*#key <CAPS> {\
repeat=no,\
type[group1]="ALPHABETIC",\
symbols[group1]...
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How to start Todoist app minimized to tray on startup
What is the correct launch command for Todoist app along with the modifier to launch the app minimized to tray on system startup?
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sudo command in startup for Auto CPU Frequency
I see some old answers. Hoping it is simpler in 22.04.
I use
sudo auto-cpufreq
to manage my CPU to get a better battery backup. I have to run this command in Terminal every time my laptop starts. ...
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qBitTorrent does not start minimized to tray
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. After installing qbittorrent I checked the option to start minimized and minimize qbittorrent to notification area. But when I put it in the startup applications it starts ...
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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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How many .desktop files can be placed in the .config/autostart folder?
I have a doubt about how many .desktop files can be placed in the .config/autostart/ folder or, overall in Linux, how many .desktop files can be created.
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How to enable Startup Sound in Ubuntu 21.10? Enabling a Startup Program method ain't working
I searched for it and found an easy way to enable startup sound via the Startup Application app. I added the program as instructed and restarted to hear the sound. Unfortunately, there was no sound ...
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Skype not listed in Startup Applications
I checked similar questions and didn't see anybody having the same problem. Skype launches every time on startup. I wanted to stop doing it.
The most obvious solution didn't work in my case, which was ...
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Can't stop apps from auto startup
I've been having this problem a while (20.04). Specifically with Bluemail and Mattermost, they open up one I boot the device automatically. I've looked at startup applications and they are not listed. ...
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working command in terminal doesn't work if automatically executed at startup
I need to execute a python program at Ubuntu startup.
The script works either run from visual studio code, or from the terminal with the command:
bash -c "python3 /home/complete_path/script.py&...
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How do I prevent the program, "magnus," from popping up upon every login?
I am running Ubuntu Studio 21.10 on Kernel Version 5.13.0-2-lowlatency (64-bit);KDE Plasma & Frameworks versions are 5.22.5 and 5.86.0, respectively. Qt is version 5.15.2.
The system is AMD w/ 8 ...
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Having apps stay open when the computer starts
Hello Running Ubuntu Mate. Is their a way to have command line applications open automatically at startup.
Right now every time I restart the computer I have to open the programs manually.
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what does the power management applet do on a desktop?
ok, I understand what the power management daemon does on a laptop, conserving battery power by scaling down the cpu, and dimming the screen. On a desktop however, is the power management daemon ...
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Automatically Start up in Chrome
Im using a NUC as a kiosk, is there a way to automatically open to a chrome webpage at startup?
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How do I open terminal and run commands in it on startup and keep it open?
Tried to run batch script on terminal at startup using crontab and /etc/rc.local but they dont work. I dont know what has gone wrong as there is no log to check
Here is the line on crontab @reboot ...
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restricting access to Startup applications for non-root user
I have been trying to make it so that non-root users cannot access the startup applications preferences, which makes you select which apps start up on launch and change these settings. Is there a way ...
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How to find the location where a GNU application is stored?
I am looking for running a program automatically when Ubuntu starts up. I have installed Tint2 which is a windows style taskbar. I am following the process here for autostarting an application (Tint2) ...
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auto start nodejs app
I want to run the command node /home/makerio/Projects/red.js when my computer boots. I added the command to startup apps but it gave me an error that indicates that for some reson, it was running an ...
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Limit the available options in Control center
I wish I can run a control-center-like application with just a few very common settings in it. Language, date and time, keyboard etc.
Is there any package providing that feature? Or is there a way to ...
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How to display terminals with commands on startup
I'm trying to open 2 terminals on startup. One will execute one command, and the other one will execute a different command.
I already tried using Ubuntu's Startup Applications program pointing to ...
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The Discord app on linux ubuntu desktop does not start
The Discord app on linux ubuntu desktop does not start and the modal "STARTING..." keeps showing but does not start the app.
PS. I am from Iran and maybe banned to use it whether from the ...
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How to run Signal Desktop in the background?
How is it possible to run Signal Desktop in the background on Ubuntu with a little icon in the taskbar at the top of the screen?
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How to make express vpn run automatically at startup
I have:
Operating System: Ubuntu 20.10
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.74.0
Qt Version: 5.14.2
Kernel Version: 5.8.0-44-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 4 × Intel® Pentium® CPU ...
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Searching for a Linux command to play an audio file in the background with ZERO volume
The reason I am doing this is that my bluetooth headset disconnects a few seconds after I stop any playing audio. I noticed that if I let cmus play something in a minimized terminal window with zero ...
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How to start Dropbox after changing username?
I work on a laptop with Linux Ubuntu 20.04 and recently get the message "Dropbox can not be started. Mostly this is an authorization failure... etc". (translation message from Dutch)
Even ...
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Autostart C++ compiled application upon boot
I made a C++ application.
The app just gives me terminal output (just to be sure that my script has launched properly). There is no GUI. I want my app to run when my computer is booted. My script ...
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Installing Tableau in Ubuntu
I have been trying to install Tableau Public in Ubuntu 20.04.
I installed Wine following the steps as mentioned in https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu.
I installed Play on Linux with sudo apt install ...
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Accidentally deleted gnome keyring from startup applications. How do I get it back?
I was trying to delete Microsoft teams from the list of startup applications but I accidentally deleted something else from the list instead.
I think that the program I deleted from the list was SSH ...
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Maestral doesn't start at login
I have installed Maestral and activated the "Start Maestral on login" option on preferences.
But Maestral doesn't start at login.
Here is the content of ~/.config/autostart/maestral-maestral....
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Startup applications never launch
I have Stacer installed, and enabled as a startup application...however no matter how many times I restart my computer it never starts up with it... Any ideas?
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How to make Ubuntu open the exact same state after restarting?
I am using Ubuntu and Windows together. Sometimes I need to use Windows, so I need to restart my computer, but since I am doing lots of things, I don't want them to be closed.
For example I run VS ...
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How to run throttle stop script at startup?
I have tried this (How do I write a script that runs on startup?) to automatically run a throttle stop script at startup. But I cannot make it work.
I've tried the methods (GUI app, cron job and /rc....
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two errors after starting the GNOME desktop 20.10
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When the system boot is complete, there are two important error messages in ‘gome logs’.
“Failed to start Application launched by gnome-session-binary.”
Desktop environment and version.
OS : ...
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Tried to add a command to my startup list, now it gets stuck when trying to boot up
I was working on another ubuntu
problem , which required me to add a command to my startup list. Now, when I try to boot up, my OS gets stuck at this screen. Any way to fix this?
I added a command ...
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