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Hello,
I'm using the awesome enlightenment 17 desktop and I've just installed conky. But I cannot auto start it. I've created a small desktop file looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Conky
GenericName=Conky
Comment=
Exec=/usr/bin/conky
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=
I put it in the .config/autostart folder
But at reboot it wont start. I have to restart conky at each reboot from the terminal.
Could anybody suggest how can I autostart conky?
Thanks,
jmak
Last edited by jmak (2010-12-27 05:21:52)
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Did you add it to E17's autostart?
Menu -> Settings -> Settings panel-> Apps-> Startup Applications
BTW I don't use E17 so I don't know how correct the above is.
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Did you add it to E17's autostart?
Menu -> Settings -> Settings panel-> Apps-> Startup Applications
BTW I don't use E17 so I don't know how correct the above is.
I tried that but the add button is grayed out so it is not possible to add any application to the list. Maybe that function is not finished yet? I don't know.
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BTW if you use .xinitrc to start E17, you could just start conky from there.
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In the mean time, I found a solution on the ubuntu forum
Ok. this is the solution.
1) Create a startup script in your home directory. Give a name to it with .sh extension. This is the script.
#!/bin/sh
sleep 20 &&
conky -c ~/.conkyrc &
2) Go to Settings>Settings Panel>Apps>New Application
3) In the New Application panel, navigate to the startup script in your home directory you have just created. Click apply.
4) Go to Startup Applications in the same panel; the new conky applications will show up on the list.
5) Highlight it and click Add
6) This adds conky to the startup applications
7) Log out – login and conky will show up on the desktop
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