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troypulk

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From: Washington, USA

Registered: 2010-10-18

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[Solved] How do I edit the start up script? [SOLVED]

Hello,

I have uninstalled Nautilus but when I'm logging in it still appears as one of the programs that start up at log in.

The picture shows what I'm talking about, How do I stop this from happening?

Nautilus does not appear in the "Session and startup" app.

Where should I look?

Thanks

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Last edited by troypulk (2011-10-05 01:33:33)

angstrom

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Re: [Solved] How do I edit the start up script? [SOLVED]

Maybe there is leftover .desktop files in ~/.config/autostart ? Try to run :
grep -i ".*nautilus.*" ~/.config/autostart/*.desktop

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troypulk

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From: Washington, USA

Registered: 2010-10-18

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Re: [Solved] How do I edit the start up script? [SOLVED]

Thanks,

But Nautilus was not present in ~/.config/autostart

I've looked all over my computer and I can't seem to find where this is coming from?

Any more Idea's?

Thanks

troypulk

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From: Washington, USA

Registered: 2010-10-18

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Re: [Solved] How do I edit the start up script? [SOLVED]

No one has any other ideas??

I've looked in all the normal start up scripts to no avail, I'm thinking it's in a .xml file but the name must not be obvious.

So, I'm thinking that it doesn't matter which DE is being used, they all preload programs, where are these folders that contain the startup scripts for these preloaded programs??

A question for a Developer: what purpose does Nautilus serve being loaded at login by default?

Any Idea's

Thanks again

Last edited by troypulk (2011-09-29 16:01:44)

Sideburns

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Re: [Solved] How do I edit the start up script? [SOLVED]

Go to Preferences->Sessions and Startup and select the Application Autostart tab.  If Nautilus is listed, make sure it's unchecked.  Go to the Session tab and, if it shows Nautilus to be running, select it and have it quit.  Save your session and this should do the trick.  In either case, let us know what happened.

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troypulk

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From: Washington, USA

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Re: [Solved] How do I edit the start up script? [SOLVED]

Go to Preferences->Sessions and Startup and select the Application Autostart tab.  If Nautilus is listed, make sure it's unchecked.  Go to the Session tab and, if it shows Nautilus to be running, select it and have it quit.  Save your session and this should do the trick.  In either case, let us know what happened.

Nautilus is not listed in either the Autostart tab or the Session tab.

Like I said before Nautilus is uninstalled, the reason it shows as being started at login is because the script for it is hidden in some file in some location in either /etc or some other location.

The point is that it's hidden and I can't find it.

That's why I would like a Dev. who knows the startup and login process to answer this question if possible.

Thanks again

Sideburns

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Re: [Solved] How do I edit the start up script? [SOLVED]

Have you tried looking in ~/.xsession-errors to see when something tries to launch it?

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angstrom

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Re: [Solved] How do I edit the start up script? [SOLVED]

Something you can do to narrow the search :
- Create a brand new/empty account.
- Login using Xfce session and see if nautilus is launched ?
  + Nautilus is launched => it is somewhere in /etc
  + No nautilus => somewhere in your home folder.

Then you can run command like those :
grep -i ".*nautilus.*" ~/ -R --color=auto
grep -i ".*nautilus.*" /etc -R --color=auto

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troypulk

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From: Washington, USA

Registered: 2010-10-18

Posts: 6

Re: [Solved] How do I edit the start up script? [SOLVED]

Something you can do to narrow the search :
- Create a brand new/empty account.
- Login using Xfce session and see if nautilus is launched ?
  + Nautilus is launched => it is somewhere in /etc
  + No nautilus => somewhere in your home folder.

Then you can run command like those :
grep -i ".*nautilus.*" ~/ -R --color=auto
grep -i ".*nautilus.*" /etc -R --color=auto

Thank you for the info.

This info showed me that this problem was just in my /home folder.

It ended up being in the ~/.cache folder so I renamed it and then logged out and in again and Nautilus did not try to start.

Thanks again

Troy

angstrom

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Re: [Solved] How do I edit the start up script? [SOLVED]

Wow ! I would never guess that ~/.cache have something to do with startup ...

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troypulk

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From: Washington, USA

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Re: [Solved] How do I edit the start up script? [SOLVED]

yeah, it appears that the .cache folder saves session settings. I had a bunch of other programs in there too, so because I renamed it and started from scratch the computer runs a little faster now.