Docky not loading at startup

Ben9250 · 2011-02-12 00:13:24

Hi I used to have compiz and emerald start up when I started a gnome session, by having compiz, Gnome-Do, and Docky in the startup applications menu in gnome. After reinstalling my system and doing it again it doesen't startup anymore, compiz and Gnome-Do do, but docky doesen't. The only solution I read so far is for Mint, and requires using some graphical options not in the vanilla Gnome. Has anyone else had this issue.

Thanks,
Ben.

hokasch · 2011-02-12 00:57:47

Works here, what about putting 'docky -v >/path/to/logfile' in startup to get some error messages?

Ben9250 · 2011-02-12 04:05:44

Just tried but to no avail, it didn't even make a log in my home folder as I told it to. But I started it from terminal and the only thing that flagged up as red was there wasn't networkmanager, because I use netcfg and net-auto-wireless and net-auto-wired.

hokasch · 2011-02-12 13:53:00

If it did not even start, all I can think of is a typo/deactivated entry in startup applications... Did you try "startup on login" in docky preferences instead of adding an entry manually

turvyc · 2011-02-14 03:33:31

Ok this might be a bit of a stretch, but it's worth a shot.

I had the same problem with Conky a while ago, and the problem turned out to be that it was started too early, so that it somehow didn't load (I forget the whole technical bit, I just remember it was too early).

So the solution was to make a little bash script like so:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 10 && conky &
exit

Then make it executable and point to it in Startup Applications.

Again, a bit of a stretch, but ya never know!

Arch Linux

#1 2011-02-12 00:13:24

Docky not loading at startup

#2 2011-02-12 00:57:47

Re: Docky not loading at startup

#3 2011-02-12 04:05:44

Re: Docky not loading at startup

#4 2011-02-12 13:53:00

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#5 2011-02-14 03:33:31

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