Autostarting apps on login

[Todd Slater]

On 3/26/06, Kevin Somervill <ksomervi at brokenlogo.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I've been looking around and not been able to find something that works.
> I'd like to have xscreensaver and adesklets start automatically when I
> log in, but so far, nothing seems to work.
>
> Tried .xsession, saving sessions, and using Desktop/Autostart; but none
> of them work. Currently I'm using xfce 4.2.3.2 with the session manager.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> ./ks

In ubuntu dapper they were moved to ~/.config/autostart and named
startme.desktop. When I upgraded it automagically converted my
~/Desktop/Autostart files for me:

# This file was automatically generated for the autostart
# item chbg
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/home/tslater/.config/autostart/chbg
Hidden=False
Terminal=False
StartupNotify=False
Version=0.9.4
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=chbg

HTH,

Todd