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Xor83

Member

Registered: 2005-11-17

Posts: 31

Kmix popup on startup

Hi there !

  Each time I start my KDE session, Kmix popup in the middle of the screen.  I always have to close the window before it appear only in the systray.  Is there a way to tell it to start in the systray and don't show on screen on startup ?

  It's nothing big, but a little bit annoying with time !

Thanks guys !

pressh

Developer/TU

From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: Kmix popup on startup

Do you have saved a session with kmix open and open each time this session?
Try saving a new session with kmix closed (only in systray) when logging out, log back in and voila

Xor83

Member

Registered: 2005-11-17

Posts: 31

Re: Kmix popup on startup

KDE is set to use the last session.  And in the last session, Kmix is "closed" (in the systray ...).  But when I restart KDE, it open in the middle of the screen.  So I presume it's not gonna work !

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Kmix popup on startup

I think there's a kmix option. Try to right click on the kmix icon in the taskbar to get a menu. There's probably a preference option. 

I haven't used KDE lately so I can't give you more info.

Xor83

Member

Registered: 2005-11-17

Posts: 31

Re: Kmix popup on startup

Hi Snowman !

  If I right click on Kmix, all that I have is "Quit", "Show the mix window", "Choose main chanel" and "Mute".  If I open Kmix and go to Settings, there is no such option.  I really looked everywhere I could think of, and no where I can find a place where it tell me to start it in systray.

  I also though to check in the KDE Services that are loaded on startup to see if it is there, but it is not !  And if there is a way to open Kmix with a switch in order to start in just in systray, I could use that method and add it to loaded services on startup ...  But I checked the Kmix help and haven't found such a thing !

Thanks !

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Kmix popup on startup

I just started a kde session and the kmix window didn't popped out.
The only thing I can suggest is:
Right-click on the kmix icon in the taskbar. Then click on:
Show mixer window -> Settings->Configure kmix. On my system, all the boxes are checked. You might want to see if it's the case with your setup.

Xor83

Member

Registered: 2005-11-17

Posts: 31

Re: Kmix popup on startup

They are all checked, except the last one "Reset setting on startup" (or something like that ... I use a french version of KDE).  I volontary unchecked this one since my volume setting was reset on each startup ...  It seem like I will keep closing this window on startup :-P  Not really any big deal for sure, but I was wondering if there was any easy way to bypass that.

Thank you very much for your help Snowman !  I really appreciate !  I will continue to check on my side ... if I find out, I will post here !

Thanks !

Xor83

Member

Registered: 2005-11-17

Posts: 31

Re: Kmix popup on startup

I did a little test.  I completly close Kmix (it wasn't in the systray anymore) and restart my KDE session, and Kmix was there one again in the middle of the screen ... I had a look in the Daemons startup of KDE, and nothing about Kmix ... and in "/etc/profile.d/", nothing there either, as well as in "~/.kde/Autostart/" ... any idea where I could look concerning the apps launched on startup ?

Thanks !

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Kmix popup on startup

It's probably a configuration problem. Here's a snippet from my ~/.kde/share/config/kmixrc:

AllowDocking=true
Labels=true
MasterMixer=ALSA::Intel_82801DB-ICH4:1
Menubar=true
Orientation=Horizontal
Position=260,248
Size=249,236
Tickmarks=true
TrayVolumeControl=true
Visible=false
startkdeRestore=true

[0]
Mixer_Name_Key=Intel 82801DB-ICH4
View.Input.Devs=4
View.Output.Devs=5
View.Switches.Devs=8
View.input.Devs=4
View.output.Devs=5
View.switches.Devs=8

[Notification Messages]
systemtrayquitKMix=false

I think the relevant configs  are: Visible, startkdeRestore and systemtrayquitKMix.

You could also create a new user. If that new user doesn't have this problem, you could compare his configs with yours.

habtool

Member

From: Ireland, on the West Coast

Registered: 2007-02-17

Posts: 14

Re: Kmix popup on startup

It was the :

Visible=false

Thanks