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[Andrew Woodhead <andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Make a symlink to the .desktop file in /usr/share/applications/name.desktop
in ~/.config/autostart

and it will run.


On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Lane Lester <llester@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm a long-time user of Ubuntu. Lately I've been using Openbox for my WM,
> so I decided to try Lubuntu and get rid of some unused overhead.
>
> I'm also a fan of Conky, and I quickly learned that it didn't get along
> with pcmanfm. So I've commented it out and am using feh to manage my
> wallpapers. I like it for its ability to rotate wallpapers on a schedule.
>
> After some initial dismay I was pleased to find the option in Preferences
> to enable window manager desktop menus.
>
> A message on here today led me to the Ubuntu wiki page of derivatives, and
> I was surprised Lubuntu wasn't there.
>
> One confusing thing is the number of "autostart" folders and files. I
> managed to edit enough of them to get most things the way I want, but I
> still can't get alarmclock to start even though it runs fine from the menu.
> Is there an official Lubuntu way to autostart programs?
>
> Lane
>   *Lane Lester*
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