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Lubuntu does not handle /etc/xdg/autostart

Bug #1309698 reported by alien
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Bug Description

Nothing starts from /etc/xdg/autostart any more..

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: lxsession 0.4.9.2+git20140410-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Fri Apr 18 21:52:17 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-23 (329 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
SourcePackage: lxsession
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-08-03 (257 days ago)

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alien (nalex2004) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in lxsession (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Cedders (cedric-gn) wrote :

See also bug 1308348 ; nm-applet isn't loading since upgrade to 14.04, nor is clipit.

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royden (ryts) wrote :

Not entirely clear in bug 1308348 whether the issue is nm-applet not being run, or nm-applet running (ie. process active) but not showing. In my case it is the latter so not applicable to bug 1309698.

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alien (nalex2004) wrote :

In my case nm-applet isn't running.
And other applications from /etc/xdg/autostart too.
I put what I need (including nm-applet) in ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart.conf (I use LXDE session) and they work.

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Fotis Tsamis (ftsamis) wrote :

Indeed, no application in /etc/xdg/autostart starts automatically in Lubuntu 14.04. Though, if you copy a .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart (which is what lxsession-default-apps does when you untick and then tick an application in the Autostart tab) then it auto-starts normally.

Below is the list of applications affected on a clean/default Lubuntu 14.04 installation:
update-notifier
nm-applet
light-locker (you can't lock your screen in Lubuntu unless you manually run light-locker first)
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update

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Phill Whiteside (phillw) wrote :

This should be fixed in 14.04.1

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John Hupp (john.hupp) wrote :

I confirm, fixed in 14.04.1.

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) reached end-of-life on April 25, 2019.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in.

Changed in lxsession (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote :

Changed status from incomplete to "Fix Released" based on comments #7 & #8. Thank you phillw @ john.hupp

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