Spurious applications on startup

Josh Holland jshholland at googlemail.com
Sat Aug 30 20:14:38 UTC 2008


On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 15:54 -0400, Verde Denim wrote:
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> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Josh Holland
> <jshholland at googlemail.com> wrote:
>         
>         On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 15:22 -0400, Verde Denim wrote:
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>         [snip]
>         > I set up a few programs to run on startup (such as a
>         terminal, a
>         > little
>         > "reminder.py" script I wrote myself and Rhythmbox/Banshee)
>         using
>         > System
>         > > Preferences > Sessions. But I decided to turn these off.
>         But,
>         > whenever
>         > I turn on the computer (an 18-month-old Dell Inspiron 1300
>         with 512 MB
>         > RAM and 2.7 GHz ix86 processor) I get first my home folder
>         opening,
>         > followed by Banshee, even though the file browser was never
>         on my
>         > startup list, and I removed the Banshee entry. I appreciate
>         all help
>         > given.
>         > Check Preferences ->Sessions ->Session Options. You probably
>         have
>         > the  "Automatically remember applications" selected.
>         De-select
>         > it, close everything you don't want to reappear on your next
>         login,
>         > and restart gdm. That should fix it.
>         >
>         > Jack
>         >
>         >
>         > - --
>         
>         No, that hasn't solved it.
> Is the option in Sessions currently set? If not, Can you list what's
> in the 'Current Session' and also what is selected in the 'Startup'
> List?
> 
> Jack 
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The checkbox in "Session Options" is not set.
In "Startup Programs" there is:
Bluetooth Manager
Check for new hardware drivers
Evolution Alarm Notifier
Network Manager
Power Manager
Print Queue Applet
PulseAudio Session Management
Rhythmbox (not checked)
Terminal (not checked)
Tracker
Tracker Applet
Update Notifier
User folders update
Visual Assistance
Volume Manager

And in Current Session (with options removed):
gnome-control-center
gnome-panel
nautilus
seahorse-daemon
update-notifier
gnome-power-manager
compiz
bluetooth-applet
gnome-at-visual
jockey-gtk
/usr/lib/evolution/2.22/evolution-alarm-notify
tracker-applet
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
trackerd
/usr/lib/gnome-volume-manager/gnome-volume-manager
pactl load-module module-x11-xsmp
nm-applet
/usr/bin/system-config-printer-applet
banshee #tried removing this and restarting, had no effect
evolution-exchange-storage
computertemp
fast-user-switch-applet
deskbar-applet
gnome-session-properties
evolution
evolution-alarm-notify

Hope this helps -- I spent enough time typing it in!





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