Problem with loading program at startup

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 31 17:27:16 CET 2006


On 12/31/06, Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de> wrote:
> > I am trying to use autostart to load remind at startup, but I have not
> > been successful. I have the following file in
> > /home/psmith/.config/autostart :
> >
> > [Desktop Entry]
> > Encoding=UTF-8
> > Version=0.9.4
> > Type=Application
> > Name=remind_load
> > Comment=Load remind at startup
> > Exec=remind -z ~/.reminders
> > StartupNotify=false
> > Terminal=false
> > Hidden=true
> > GenericName=
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> >From the autostart spec: "When the .desktop file has the Hidden key set
> to true, the .desktop file MUST be ignored."

Thanks, Benedikt, but replacing 'Hidden=true' with 'Hidden=false' does
not solve the problem. Moreover, if I choose 'execute' from the menu
in Thunar, I do not see afterwards remind loaded (with 'ps -A | grep
remind').

Paul



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