siduction 14.1.0 cinnamon amd64
I have a nice conky config that I put in this install and I would like it to launch automatically when system boots to desktop. At present, I must launch it by pressing alt+f2 and entering 'conky' to make it appear.
Can someone please tell me if/how I can do this?
Hi,
I don't know whether there is a specific option in cinnamon, but you may try to use a .config/autostart folder in your /home/$user directory.
Create a textfile named conky.desktop and fill in this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment[de]=
Comment=
Exec=/usr/bin/conky
GenericName[de]=
GenericName=
Icon=system-run
MimeType=
Name[de]=
Name=
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=
Cant try myself at the moment, have no cinnamon ready atm.
Greets
ayla
ok, now, after installing cinnamon...
There is an easier way to autostart programs>
Goto the menu => settings => systemsettings => startup programms (the red rocket) => add
There you can give your new launcher a name and search thru the folders to add conky from within /usr/bin/
Sorry, I have the german desktop, maybe the names are somewhat different to my translation.
greets
ayla
thank you ayla for your replies. i tried the solutions you offered, but they didn't work and i figured i can live without it. . . but today i installed the latest nvidia beta driver and now the conky is working automatically on boot.