1

[gnome] xpenguins as Startup Application

view story
linux-howto

http://ubuntuforums.org – I'm trying to add xpenguins to the Startup Applications (power button -> Startup Applications in 12.04). I've put "xpenguins -n 12 -d :0.0 --all" into the Command area for Startup Programs, but xpenguins doesn't show. When I boot up my computer and log in, I can see the penguins for a little bit, but then once everything starts up they disappear. I can open the System Monitor and see xpenguins still running, but I can't see the penguins on my desktop. I think the problem is because the penguins are getting sent to the wrong display, the display that's there before the normal di (Hardware)

linuxfan's picture
Submitted by linuxfan on 02/03/2013

Stories similar to [gnome] xpenguins as Startup Application

Starting with Ubuntu 12.04 the ‘Startup Applications' manager now only displays a sub-set of applications to control at startup with the remaining applications being hidden. To make the hidden applications visible in the manager, follow these steps: (...)Read the rest of How to Display Hidden Startup Applications in ubuntu 12.04 and Above (137 words)

© ruchi for Ubuntu Geek, 2012.

In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS the ‘startup applications’ dialog by default doesn’t show any startup programs. I don’t know why that, but it’s inconvenient to customize your starting up services.

Disabling programs in startup applications dialog may speed up booting your Ubuntu.

My problem: The LCD display on my laptop wouldn't always go to DMPS sleep. Sometimes it did, sometimes it didn't. I tried: All sorts of fixes including updates to xserver and gnome-power-manager ... but no luck.

Google Chrome puts itself on my Startup Applications. Processes like "chrome-no-startup-window", "chrome-sandbox", "chrome-type-zygote", etc. keep on running on the background. If I remove Chrome from my Startup Applications, it will show back next time I start the computer. Does anyone else noticed this?

Knoppix 6.2 Live CD...Help! 2 years 44 weeks ago

Windows Vista is not booting on my Dell. I've unsuccessfully tried all the repair options available to boot Windows and am now trying to boot with the Knoppix Live CD.

It's hard not to feel good about the world when not one but two exciting events featuring penguins make the news in a single week. Yes, you heard that right! First, it was the unveiling of the Russian monument to Linux featuring none other than Tux, our favorite penguin of all.

My gnome 3 installation on Archlinux does not run NetworkManger at startup after I added it the list of startup applications with

gnome-session-properties

NetworkManger does start when I type

sudo

I would like to find the reason NetworkManger is not starting. Is there a log file for the startup applications of gnome?

P.S.

Problem at startup 3 years 19 weeks ago

Hello, I'm new with linux. I installed an OpenSuse 11.1 on an Acer Extensa E420, but I had some problems:

1st Sometimes the system starts with the terminal screen (black) instead of the green OpenSuse login window. If I choose the "safe mode" in the first menu it starts always normally and KDE starts too.

2nd

I have 2 partitions on my computer:

one is "64 GB ext4" (with Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit) and the other one is "Data 436 GB NTFS" (just for storing files)

On startup the second partition is not mounted before I click on "Locais" - this is in Portuguese (the button between Applications and System on the top bar) > "Data".

How do I make Ubuntu mount this partit