On 06/29/2020 12:43 AM, J Leslie Turriff wrote:
Ah. This xdg stuff seems to have appeared in Linux a while back while I wasn't looking, and I have to wonder when and why. :-) In my /etc/xdg/autostart directory I see
at-spi-dbus-bus.desktop gnome-keyring-pkcs11.desktop gnome-keyring-secrets.desktop gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop gsettings-data-convert.desktop nautilus-autostart.desktop nm-applet.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.A11yKeyboard.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.A11ySettings.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Clipboard.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Datetime.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Housekeeping.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Keyboard.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Mouse.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.PrintNotifications.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Rfkill.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.ScreensaverProxy.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Sharing.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Smartcard.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Sound.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Wacom.desktop org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XSettings.desktop polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop user-dirs-update-gtk.desktop xdg-user-dirs.desktop
all of which (except probably the first and last one) seem to pertain to Gnome. I don't use the Gnome desktop, except for its configuring tools, so I wonder if removing these will cause the Gnomish applications that I do use to stop working?
Yes, this stuff will drive you crazy and the number of apps the now want to drop things in there have grown like weeds in a vacant lot. I don't know when the /etc/xdg/autostart part of the opendesktop spec was put in place, but the over-use of it really took off back in the 2008 timeframe with the release of KDE4. At that time it was basically used to control the indexer start, etc.. But now, Katie-bar-the-doors, everything wants to drop a "start on X" app in there. It's almost as bad as the Microsoft "run" registry entry :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+owner@opensuse.org