Transmission won't start in Startup Applications

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Sat, 05 May 2012 16:02:17 +0100, Colin Law wrote:

> 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.

That didn't work either. Just like Transmission, the gnome-terminal 
command wouldn't start.

Instead, I completely deleted the entry in the Startup Applications menu, 
and created a new one. Now, it's working. But we'll never find out what 
caused the problem.

> 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?

That shouldn't make any difference. Transmission's execution doesn't 
depend on a network connection.

But thanks anyway. :-)

-- 
Regards, Robert                                      http://www.arumes.com