mozilla starts at each startup... althorgh it is not in the startup menu

Asked by gurugdas

mozilla starts at start up although i have not put it in the start up apps. menu

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

check in ~/.config/autostart

if there is a symlink to firefox then delete it

mozilla != firefox btw

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gurugdas (ggd-rns) said :
#2

bash: /home/rgvani/.config/autostart: is a directory

i got this after i pasted the command you gave in the terminal

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:41 PM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #83141 on Ubuntu changed:
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> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> check in ~/.config/autostart
>
> if there is a symlink to firefox then delete it
>
> mozilla != firefox btw
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

ok try this:

/home/rgvani/.config/autostart; ls

What is the output?

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gurugdas (ggd-rns) said :
#4

bin etc initrd.img.old mnt sbin tmp vmlinuz.old
boot home lib opt selinux usr xorg.conf.new
cdrom initrd lost+found proc srv var
dev initrd.img media root sys vmlinuz

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gurugdas (ggd-rns) said :
#5

this is the output

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#6

ok thats the output of:

cd /; ls

try:

cd /home/rgvani/.config/autostart; ls

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gurugdas (ggd-rns) said :
#7

alarm-clock.desktop gnome-sound-properties.desktop
alarmclock.desktop gnome-volume-manager.desktop
at-spi-registryd-wrapper.desktop indicator-applet.desktop
bluetooth-applet.desktop jockey-gtk.desktop
env.desktop kalarm.desktop
evolution-alarm-notify.desktop libcanberra-login-sound.desktop
gnome-alsamixer.desktop nm-applet.desktop
gnome-at-session.desktop nvidia-settings.desktop
gnome-keyring-daemon.desktop pidgin.desktop
gnome-power-manager.desktop print-applet.desktop
gnome-session-splash.desktop start.desktop
gnome-settings-daemon.desktop vino-server.desktop
gnome-settings-daemon-helper.desktop wicd-tray.desktop
rgvani@rgvani:~/.config/autostart$

  THAT'S the result..

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Daniel Hollocher (chogydan) said :
#8

rm -R ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session

see if that works. (just in case you had "remember running apps" turned on at some point)

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gurugdas (ggd-rns) said :
#9

i read somewhere to be very careful about commands with rm in them ...are
you completely sure about what you want me to do...?

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Daniel Hollocher <
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> Daniel Hollocher proposed the following answer:
> rm -R ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session
>
> see if that works. (just in case you had "remember running apps" turned
> on at some point)
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Ryan Dwyer (ryandwyer) said :
#10

rm means remove. It deletes stuff. ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session is what we're deleting. -R means it will delete everything (eg. all files and subdirectories) inside the folder we're deleting.

So the command above is fine to run.

They tell you to be careful because it's possible to remove every file on your disk using the command.

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gurugdas (ggd-rns) said :
#11

ok i have done that rm command in terminal . but i do want pidgin and alarm
clock applications to start at startup .Besides do i ever turn on remember
running applications any time ...i did it a few times as you said before .As
of now it is off/unticked.

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Ryan Dwyer <
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> Your question #83141 on gnome-session in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+question/83141
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Ryan Dwyer proposed the following answer:
> rm means remove. It deletes stuff. ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session
> is what we're deleting. -R means it will delete everything (eg. all
> files and subdirectories) inside the folder we're deleting.
>
> So the command above is fine to run.
>
> They tell you to be careful because it's possible to remove every file
> on your disk using the command.
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Ryan Dwyer (ryandwyer) said :
#12

You can set programs to start automatically in System > Preferences > Startup Applications. I'm not sure how you could miss that, seeing as how you were just looking at the "remember running applications" option which is in the next tab.

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Daniel Hollocher (chogydan) said :
#13

FYI: the command I gave cleans up after a bug in gnome-session where programs that were autostarted will continue to be autostarted even after the "remember running applications" option is turned off.

The folder that you deleted contains a bunch of session data that should have been deleted.
See bug #34321

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gurugdas (ggd-rns) said :
#14

I'LL have to reboot to see whether it works.

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Ryan Dwyer <
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> Your question #83141 on gnome-session in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+question/83141
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Ryan Dwyer proposed the following answer:
> You can set programs to start automatically in System > Preferences >
> Startup Applications. I'm not sure how you could miss that, seeing as
> how you were just looking at the "remember running applications" option
> which is in the next tab.
>
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gurugdas (ggd-rns) said :
#15

OK THAT RM COMMAND DID THE JOB .NOW DO I EVER TICK REMMEMBER RUNNING APPS.?

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 8:54 PM, gurugdas <
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> Your question #83141 on gnome-session in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+question/83141
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> You are still having a problem:
> I'LL have to reboot to see whether it works.
>
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Ryan Dwyer <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
> > Your question #83141 on gnome-session in ubuntu changed:
> >
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+question/83141
> >
> > Status: Open => Answered
> >
> > Ryan Dwyer proposed the following answer:
> > You can set programs to start automatically in System > Preferences >
> > Startup Applications. I'm not sure how you could miss that, seeing as
> > how you were just looking at the "remember running applications" option
> > which is in the next tab.
> >
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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#16

If you want the currently running things to run, yes. Otherwise don't bother and simply use the startup confiuration app in the admin menu. Much more control.

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gurugdas (ggd-rns) said :
#17

THANKS THAT SOLVED MY PROB.

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Alex Finch (a-finch) said :
#18

 I just found this solution to my own problem after deducing it myself. I had the same problem except it was Skype which was starting up every time I logged in. I've googled around looking for the solution for months. Finally i found a comment in ~/.xsession-errors to the relevant directory (.config/gnome-session/saved-session/). I was fooled by there also being a .gconfd/saved_state which I assumed was the relevant file.

 I wish google had found this answer for me !