Transmission won't start in Startup Applications

[Colin Law]

On 5 May 2012 12:09, Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap at arumes.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:33:39 +0000, Robert Spanjaard wrote:
>
>> I've added Transmission to my Startup Applications by entering
>>
>>    transmission-gtk -m
>>
>> as the executable, with -m to start minimized.
>> This command works fine from a terminal, but it refuses to start from
>> the Startup Applications list. I also tried entering
>>
>>    /usr/bin/transmission-gtk -m
>>
>> but it still won't start when I log in. What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Screenshot of the entry window:
>> http://www.arumes.com/temp/Screenshot_SA_Transmission.png
>
> Not a single response?
> Is there absolutely nothing I can do at this point?
> Not even logfiles anyone knows that I can check?

Instead of running it directly try making a script file that contains
the command followed by the command
read
which will pause until you hit a key.  Run the script from a terminal
to make sure it works, then run it as a startup app using the command
gnome-terminal --command=/path/to/script
then after you login the terminal window should still be there with
any errors generated.

Before you do that though, just a thought.  Are you connecting via
wifi?  In which case is the problem caused by running the program
before the connection is active?

Colin