Questions tagged [startup-applications]
system application, that allows adding and management of program to session startup.
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How to free up my laptop's RAM?
I have an old DELL laptop with 2GB of RAM and Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit) as its OS. Many times I am out of RAM and thus every thing goes very slow! I think there is many background programs (services or ...
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How to add custom applications/scripts in startup applications in 14.10?
I'm trying to run a script automatically on bootup but am unable to do so because
my Ubuntu Gnome 14.10 doesn't have a Startup Applications manager
I can't add any custom scripts through running ...
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Loading Session Applications
How does Ubuntu Load previously opened applications on startup? (I want to code and modify that functionality present in the system preferences manually )
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Auto backup on login (Ubuntu 14.04)
I have installed grsync so I can backup files from my laptop to my folder on a local server. When I run it manually, the files copy across, no problem.
I want this to happen automatically when I log ...
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Syndaemon won't start as startup application
I've added the following line into my startup applications:
/usr/bin/syndaemon -i 0.5 -d -K
but syndaemon is never running when I log in. I always have to execute the command manually from the ...
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How to auto start SeaFile Client?
SeaFile Client automatically starts in Windows but not is Ubuntu
How to add seafile entry into startup application so that it always starts automatically?
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launching a script at ubuntu start up [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a virtual machine and I'm trying to set it up so that when it starts up it also automatically follow the description on the startmeup.sh.desktop to start the script ...
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Startup application not working
I put this in my Startup Applications
synclient PalmDetect=1 PalmMinWidth=5 PalmMinZ=20
But I noticed that this doesn't take effect when the machine is restarted. Am I doing something wrong here? ...
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KDE - run particular commands in particular workspace at startup
I work a lot at many documents at the same time. Basically I have 3-5 workspaces used, every time with same files - terminal open in particular folder, gedit with particular file and evince to see the ...
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Prevent a program adding itself to startup programs automatically
I find my dropbox auto adds itself to startup programs, even after I unchecked it from the startup prefrences. However, when I manually started dropbox sometime, it automatically added itself to ...
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How to know the exact command to set as a startup program?
I was looking for a way to set my weather indicator to launch right after the system startup.
I've found a nice and clear answer here. The answer says that the command to add to the startup programs ...
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Why does hd-idle need sudo to run in rc.local?
I have added a command that runs "hd-idle". It seems to need to run as root as otherwise it does not spin down the drives as instructed. Behavior seems to be the same when executed manually or via rc....
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Why won't rc.local run xinput?
I added this command to the rc.local file:
xinput float 12
Then I saved the file. But when I reboot my PC, Ubuntu doesn't execute this command, cause the internal keyboard of my laptop is still ...
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Startup applications not working
I have recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 and i want to add some extra applications to the start up process e.g. xpad, thunderbird and others, but i simply can not get it to work.
I have tried added ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Startup application command for Indicator Application
Can someone post the command for the Indicator Application in Startup Applications? I deleted it by accident and I wanted to add it back.
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simple scan does not appear in startup 14.04
I wanted to scan a document. Connected the scanner and then looked for a software on my 14.04 to work it. It seems like I have simple scan of SANE installed, but can't find it. When looking for ...
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Execute a command 20 seconds after the desktop is booted
I try to execute this command at startup of my desktop to enable a three finger tap on my synaptic touchpad:
synclient TapButton3=2
I tried to put it into /etc/local.rc and I tried to put it into ...
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Startup applications 14.04
I'm trying to mount 3 partitions by default when I log in.
I used to do that with the start up applications in 12.04
However there seems to be a nasty bug in 14.04 where false command duplicates are ...
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Can cpulimit run a continuous background check?
I am suffering from occasional desktop freezes and am still investigating the cause. (Links forthcoming.) In the meantime I came across the following suggestion to cpulimit the unity-panel-service, ...
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.sh file on Startup Applications isn't executed
This is a followup to a question about dialog boxes.
I want to show a dialog box both at the start of a session, and after n minutes of inactivity. I have decided to use zenity and xautolock. I have ...
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Getting List of Running processes and applications
How can I see which application and what processes are running recently after the login using terminal command.
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open startup applications preferences on Lubuntu 14.04
I recently installed Lubuntu 14.04 on a Compaq nc6000 with 768MB of RAM and 80GB hard drive. I want to tweak Lubuntu for faster bootup (because it is slow). I watched a video on youtube, where the ...
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How to skip StartUp and/or .profile on log-in?
Is there a login option to skip processing the .profile and Startup Applications? I basically have a script in there that's hanging the system upon log-in. The filesystem is encrypted and I don't have ...
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VLC: Unattended video playback of sporadic UDP video source?
I want to make a kiosk-type setup that simply plays back video from a remote UDP source. The command line below does the trick and shows the video OK when there's an incoming signal to begin with. I ...
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Brightness control command on "startup Applications" is not working
On "Startup Applications" utility I added my suitable brightness to be configured each time OS is launched. But it is not working at all. I am having to bear system's very high default brightness.
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I cannot browse and run the applications
My "applications(icon)" is not working. i used to browse and run the applications simply clicking on it.This time nothing appears.Somebody help me,please.
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How do I start conky when ubuntu starts up? [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and installed the Conky system monitor, and start it with the conky command. I added this code on startup-applications but nothing works. How do I start conky when my Ubuntu ...
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How to make Start up script for Making Application run on startup
I have one jar which i need to run on startup and no matter whatever user is logged in and that need to take that user name automatcally
here this code can take user name
echo $(logname)
and this ...
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Google Chrome not starting
I am running 14.04 with latest update 3.13.0-30-generic. After restarting post update I found that Google Chrome is not launching.
I am able to launch Google-Chrome from command line but if I close ...
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Make sure that sshd will automatically start after reboot
I am connected to a computer over ssh. I have to reboot it remotely, while making sure that I will be able to reconnect to it over ssh just after reboot. I install 'bum' and marked sshd to be ...
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Can "startup applications" be less cumbersome?
With this tip I saw there is a total of about 60 applications being launched by startup applications, and at the moment I have to sit back and wait about 45s while the desktop is unresponsive...
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How to enable an application to run at Ubuntu start up which is installed using Wine?
I installed some applications using Wine in my Ubuntu 14.04. I need some of that applications to run at system start up. One such application is NetWorx(an application to measure bandwidth usage). How ...
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How do I stop Gimp from autolaunching on startup?
Gimp launches every time I log into Xubuntu (v. 13.10).
Gimp is not shown under Settings Manager-> Sessions and startup.
It does not appear in ~/.config/autostart.
I immediately close Gimp in these ...
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how to create a startup script for minecraft
I own a vps in which I run various servers from.
One of those things is a Minecraft server. Recently I also installed a teamspeak server following a tutorial. This server however started up ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Dropbox daemon problem
I would like dropbox to autostart at startup. I installed dropbox and in dropbox preferences I set "autostart dropbox at startup".
At startup I see from system monitor that the process dropbox is ...
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Good desktop drawing program other than Nautilus? [duplicate]
I'm looking for an application/service that provides a usable desktop (icons, etc.) and takes its directory from ~/Desktop (running a custom Ubuntu installation where Nautilus was broken and so ...
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How to find commands for autostarting applications?
There are two applications I want autostarted, so I searched for it. However, the solutions only tell you how to do it, but not what to put in commands.
I use Ubuntu 13.10 and want Thunderbird and ...
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Start applications in Systemtray
I'm using Cinnamon as my DE.
I inserted the Seafile Sync Client (seafile-applet) to start synchonisation automatically.
But it is really annoying, that the application-window starts, too.
So is ...
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Need some help with adding to “Startup Application” in 14.04
First of all I know this post may appear to be a repeat, and that there is a plethora of posts, blogs and help files available on this subject. However I’m find that something has changed between 14....
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Adding an auto-refresh rate to a Startup Application [closed]
I work for the IT Dept of an airport and we use 14.04 for our live view of tracking flights. I have the Flight Tracker scheduled to start 10 seconds after boot, but I would like to add an auto-refresh ...
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How do I make a program auto-start everytime I log in in Ubuntu 14.04? [duplicate]
I read the previous answers to this question, and tried to follow, but it does not work. I wanted to add Chromium and Skype to the Startup Applications, but I can't find out what command I should ...
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How do I set my startup applications?
I've looked through old questions like Where did the startup-applications-preferences program go? but it didn't help me as I searched the software centre for gnome-session-properties and didn't find ...
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Cannot locate Firefox Helper Location
I want to use specific applications to open files in Firefox. Where do I direct the Helper Application preference to to find that application?
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Why does this command doesn't run at startup
So I want to turn capslock into ctrl. From my google-fu the command to run is /usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "ctrl:nocaps" and it works when I run it at the terminal. But when I place it on 'Startup ...
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How to Execute a program from anywhere in terminal
How could I execute a program which I downloaded from website and able to execute from $HOME directory or anywhere in terminal?
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Kubuntu Installation
Am new to Kubuntu. I would like to install it(12.04.4) on my homePC.
I've got the software. Is there any installation guide?
Also, to download repositories/packages for installing applications, Is ...
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How to automatically start my laptop's fans without having to run "sudo modprobe i8k"?
I am running Ubuntu 13.10 on a Dell Inspiron 3521 and I keep getting this error message whenever I try to use i8kctl fan 1 1:
Can't open /proc/i8k: No such file or directory
I can easily fix it ...
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Choose an Application
When I try to install an application from the Ubuntu Software Center or Internet, I keep getting a screen called "Launch Application", which says:
"This link needs to be opened with an application. ...
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Initialize start-up applications in certain workspaces?
Is it possible to set start-up applications to initialize in certain workspaces? I'd like to not have to manually distribute my start-up applications across my numerous workspaces every time I boot up ...
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How to run XDMan (Xtream Download Manager) on Ubuntu Startup?
Does someone knows the commands on running XDMan on startup? Or at least the app directory of XDMan?