gnome-applet-volume-control is a huge usability regression

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 21 August 2012 09:52:54 Oliver Grawert did opine:

> hi,
> 
> Am Dienstag, den 21.08.2012, 06:45 -0400 schrieb Gene Heskett:
> > > > (Someone correct me if i'm wrong, my knowledge is old and
> > > > non-Ubuntu, but i don't see why this would have changed.)
> > > > All scripts in /etc/rc.5/ will not be run until runlevel 5 is
> > > > reached, which is typically the "graphical" run level.
> 
> here is an upstart script, just store it in /etc/init/myscript.conf and
> be done:
> 
> --- snip ---
> 
> description: "running myscript"
> 
> start on (starting gdm
>           or starting kdm
>           or starting xdm
>           or starting lxdm
>           or starting lightdm)
> 
> task
> script
> 	/path/to/your/script
> end script
> --- snap ---
> 
> this will fire your script only if the display manager emitted the
> "starting" event .. for more details see [1]
> 
> ciao
> 	oli
> 
> [1] http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/

That link is nicely done, but does not consider or discuss putting an 
upstart job on a given workspace.  Sigh..

Thanks Oli.

Cheers, Gene
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