I've been successful autostarting a number of different programs under LM12 LXDE with one important exception: Thunderbird.
This is the method that I use:
1) Copy the .desktop file of the program to autostart from /usr/share/applications into /home/[user]/.config/autostart
2) Menu > Preferences > Desktop Session Settings to enable/disable the program under Automatically Started Applications
3) Restart
Unfortunately, Thunderbird does not work for me using the above method. Anybody know why this might be?
I suppose I could try another method to autostart Thunderbird, but would appreciate any ideas.
Thanks!
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[SOLVED] LM12 LXDE: Problem with Thunderbird autostart
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[SOLVED] LM12 LXDE: Problem with Thunderbird autostart
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Re: LM12 LXDE: Problem with Thunderbird autostart
Try adding it to /etc/xdg/lxsession/Mint/autostart. See http://douwil7.100webspace.net/linux/Tuning.html#16.
Re: LM12 LXDE: Problem with Thunderbird autostart
Wouldn't adding it to /etc/xdg/lxsession/Mint/autostart be a system-wide setting? I would prefer to have a user-based solution.
What in my standard thunderbird.desktop file (from /usr/share/applications) might be causing the problem? Every other .desktop file I've used has worked. Thanks!
What in my standard thunderbird.desktop file (from /usr/share/applications) might be causing the problem? Every other .desktop file I've used has worked. Thanks!
Re: LM12 LXDE: Problem with Thunderbird autostart
Solution:
I simply removed "%u" from my thunderbird.desktop file (which was copied into /home/[user]/.config/autostart from /usr/share/applications).
Specifically, I changed the line
Exec=thunderbird %u
to the line
Exec=thunderbird
by removing the trailing "%u".
Apparently, "%u" is a field code for a single URL (which URL, I don't know!):
http://standards.freedesktop.org/deskto ... 01s06.html
I simply removed "%u" from my thunderbird.desktop file (which was copied into /home/[user]/.config/autostart from /usr/share/applications).
Specifically, I changed the line
Exec=thunderbird %u
to the line
Exec=thunderbird
by removing the trailing "%u".
Apparently, "%u" is a field code for a single URL (which URL, I don't know!):
http://standards.freedesktop.org/deskto ... 01s06.html