Problem with loading program at startup

[Paul Smith]

On 12/31/06, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> 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').

That is solved: I put the command

remind -z ~/.reminders

inside a sh script and then instead of

Exec=remind -z ~/.reminders

I execute the sh script. That is strange, but it works fine!

Paul