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There is lots of advice on how to make a program autostart, but the thing I need now is the opposite of that: I want to find out why a certain program starts on boot.
The use case is as follows: After some messing around with xbindkeys I decided to shut down Ubuntu, take a snapshot of the VM, and then make xbindkeys autostart. However, xbindkeys was running already after the boot. How do I find out why?
Tried systemctl, looked into ~/.bashrc and ~/.profile. Not there. pstree says xbindkeys descends directly from systemd.
Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.
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There is lots of advice on how to make a program autostart, but the thing I need now is the opposite of that: I want to find out why a certain program starts on boot.
The use case is as follows: After some messing around with xbindkeys I decided to shut down Ubuntu, take a snapshot of the VM, and then make xbindkeys autostart. However, xbindkeys was running already after the boot. How do I find out why?
Tried systemctl, looked into ~/.bashrc and ~/.profile. Not there. pstree says xbindkeys descends directly from systemd.
Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.
autostart
asked Sep 28 at 19:33
sigilsigil
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Hi.. your main question seems to be why xbinkeys auto starting? if yes the answer is easy to explain..
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 4:06
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There is lots of advice on how to make a program autostart, but the thing I need now is the opposite of that: I want to find out why a certain program starts on boot.
The use case is as follows: After some messing around with xbindkeys I decided to shut down Ubuntu, take a snapshot of the VM, and then make xbindkeys autostart. However, xbindkeys was running already after the boot. How do I find out why?
Tried systemctl, looked into ~/.bashrc and ~/.profile. Not there. pstree says xbindkeys descends directly from systemd.
Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.
autostart
asked Sep 28 at 19:33
sigilsigil
1535 bronze badges
There is lots of advice on how to make a program autostart, but the thing I need now is the opposite of that: I want to find out why a certain program starts on boot.
The use case is as follows: After some messing around with xbindkeys I decided to shut down Ubuntu, take a snapshot of the VM, and then make xbindkeys autostart. However, xbindkeys was running already after the boot. How do I find out why?
Tried systemctl, looked into ~/.bashrc and ~/.profile. Not there. pstree says xbindkeys descends directly from systemd.
Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.
autostart
autostart
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Hi.. your main question seems to be why xbinkeys auto starting? if yes the answer is easy to explain..
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 4:06
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Hi.. your main question seems to be why xbinkeys auto starting? if yes the answer is easy to explain..
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 4:06
Hi.. your main question seems to be why xbinkeys auto starting? if yes the answer is easy to explain..
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 4:06
Hi.. your main question seems to be why xbinkeys auto starting? if yes the answer is easy to explain..
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when you install the package xbindkeys
sudo apt install xbindkeys
it creates a .desktop file in your users home directory in $HOME/.config/autostart/ with below contents
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=xbindkeys
Comment=Start xbindkeys
Exec=xbindkeys_autostart
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=
GenericName=
Hidden=true
If you observe the Exec line.. this .desktop file will execute xbindkeys_autostart which is actually /usr/bin/xbindkeys_autostart with below contents
#!/bin/bash
set -e
set -u
set -E
PROG="/usr/bin/xbindkeys"
NOAUTO="$HOME/.xbindkeys.noauto"
# This file autostarts xbindkeysrc if the user (or system) has a config
# for it AND does NOT Have a .xbindkeys.noauto in his homedir.
# we only run if there is no NOAUTO file
if ! [[ -f $NOAUTO ]] && [[ -x $PROG ]]; then
# User config wins over system config
# guile config wins over classic config
for cfile in "/etc/xbindkeysrc" "$HOME/.xbindkeysrc" "$HOME/.xbindkeysrc.scm"; do
if [[ -f $cfile ]] || [[ -L $cfile ]]; then
CONF="$cfile"
fi
done
# Run $PROG - if it has been configured
if [ -n "$CONF" ]; then
$PROG -f $CONF
fi
fi
for example manually added autostart programmes with directly entering commands in startup application list is like below
you can see the difference between both of these .desktop files for the line "Hidden" which is false for one and true for other
if you make the Hidden=true to Hidden=false you can see it in GUI startupapplications list like below
answered Sep 29 at 4:32
PRATAPPRATAP
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In my case it seems to be/etc/xdg/autostart/, not$HOME/.config/autostart/. The rest of your answer stands. Still curious about the general algorithm for such things, though.
– sigil
Sep 29 at 12:07
etc xdg for all users..........configfor user..
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:25
i still doubt why it went to /etc/xdg/ in your case.. may be manual entry? if possible purge xbindkeys and then install xbindkeys.. and see if it is still created in /etc/xdg
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:29
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when you install the package xbindkeys
sudo apt install xbindkeys
it creates a .desktop file in your users home directory in $HOME/.config/autostart/ with below contents
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=xbindkeys
Comment=Start xbindkeys
Exec=xbindkeys_autostart
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=
GenericName=
Hidden=true
If you observe the Exec line.. this .desktop file will execute xbindkeys_autostart which is actually /usr/bin/xbindkeys_autostart with below contents
#!/bin/bash
set -e
set -u
set -E
PROG="/usr/bin/xbindkeys"
NOAUTO="$HOME/.xbindkeys.noauto"
# This file autostarts xbindkeysrc if the user (or system) has a config
# for it AND does NOT Have a .xbindkeys.noauto in his homedir.
# we only run if there is no NOAUTO file
if ! [[ -f $NOAUTO ]] && [[ -x $PROG ]]; then
# User config wins over system config
# guile config wins over classic config
for cfile in "/etc/xbindkeysrc" "$HOME/.xbindkeysrc" "$HOME/.xbindkeysrc.scm"; do
if [[ -f $cfile ]] || [[ -L $cfile ]]; then
CONF="$cfile"
fi
done
# Run $PROG - if it has been configured
if [ -n "$CONF" ]; then
$PROG -f $CONF
fi
fi
for example manually added autostart programmes with directly entering commands in startup application list is like below
you can see the difference between both of these .desktop files for the line "Hidden" which is false for one and true for other
if you make the Hidden=true to Hidden=false you can see it in GUI startupapplications list like below
answered Sep 29 at 4:32
PRATAPPRATAP
7,8644 gold badges12 silver badges48 bronze badges
In my case it seems to be/etc/xdg/autostart/, not$HOME/.config/autostart/. The rest of your answer stands. Still curious about the general algorithm for such things, though.
– sigil
Sep 29 at 12:07
etc xdg for all users..........configfor user..
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:25
i still doubt why it went to /etc/xdg/ in your case.. may be manual entry? if possible purge xbindkeys and then install xbindkeys.. and see if it is still created in /etc/xdg
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:29
add a comment
|
when you install the package xbindkeys
sudo apt install xbindkeys
it creates a .desktop file in your users home directory in $HOME/.config/autostart/ with below contents
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=xbindkeys
Comment=Start xbindkeys
Exec=xbindkeys_autostart
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=
GenericName=
Hidden=true
If you observe the Exec line.. this .desktop file will execute xbindkeys_autostart which is actually /usr/bin/xbindkeys_autostart with below contents
#!/bin/bash
set -e
set -u
set -E
PROG="/usr/bin/xbindkeys"
NOAUTO="$HOME/.xbindkeys.noauto"
# This file autostarts xbindkeysrc if the user (or system) has a config
# for it AND does NOT Have a .xbindkeys.noauto in his homedir.
# we only run if there is no NOAUTO file
if ! [[ -f $NOAUTO ]] && [[ -x $PROG ]]; then
# User config wins over system config
# guile config wins over classic config
for cfile in "/etc/xbindkeysrc" "$HOME/.xbindkeysrc" "$HOME/.xbindkeysrc.scm"; do
if [[ -f $cfile ]] || [[ -L $cfile ]]; then
CONF="$cfile"
fi
done
# Run $PROG - if it has been configured
if [ -n "$CONF" ]; then
$PROG -f $CONF
fi
fi
for example manually added autostart programmes with directly entering commands in startup application list is like below
you can see the difference between both of these .desktop files for the line "Hidden" which is false for one and true for other
if you make the Hidden=true to Hidden=false you can see it in GUI startupapplications list like below
answered Sep 29 at 4:32
PRATAPPRATAP
7,8644 gold badges12 silver badges48 bronze badges
In my case it seems to be/etc/xdg/autostart/, not$HOME/.config/autostart/. The rest of your answer stands. Still curious about the general algorithm for such things, though.
– sigil
Sep 29 at 12:07
etc xdg for all users..........configfor user..
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:25
i still doubt why it went to /etc/xdg/ in your case.. may be manual entry? if possible purge xbindkeys and then install xbindkeys.. and see if it is still created in /etc/xdg
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:29
add a comment
|
when you install the package xbindkeys
sudo apt install xbindkeys
it creates a .desktop file in your users home directory in $HOME/.config/autostart/ with below contents
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=xbindkeys
Comment=Start xbindkeys
Exec=xbindkeys_autostart
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=
GenericName=
Hidden=true
If you observe the Exec line.. this .desktop file will execute xbindkeys_autostart which is actually /usr/bin/xbindkeys_autostart with below contents
#!/bin/bash
set -e
set -u
set -E
PROG="/usr/bin/xbindkeys"
NOAUTO="$HOME/.xbindkeys.noauto"
# This file autostarts xbindkeysrc if the user (or system) has a config
# for it AND does NOT Have a .xbindkeys.noauto in his homedir.
# we only run if there is no NOAUTO file
if ! [[ -f $NOAUTO ]] && [[ -x $PROG ]]; then
# User config wins over system config
# guile config wins over classic config
for cfile in "/etc/xbindkeysrc" "$HOME/.xbindkeysrc" "$HOME/.xbindkeysrc.scm"; do
if [[ -f $cfile ]] || [[ -L $cfile ]]; then
CONF="$cfile"
fi
done
# Run $PROG - if it has been configured
if [ -n "$CONF" ]; then
$PROG -f $CONF
fi
fi
for example manually added autostart programmes with directly entering commands in startup application list is like below
you can see the difference between both of these .desktop files for the line "Hidden" which is false for one and true for other
if you make the Hidden=true to Hidden=false you can see it in GUI startupapplications list like below
answered Sep 29 at 4:32
PRATAPPRATAP
7,8644 gold badges12 silver badges48 bronze badges
when you install the package xbindkeys
sudo apt install xbindkeys
it creates a .desktop file in your users home directory in $HOME/.config/autostart/ with below contents
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=xbindkeys
Comment=Start xbindkeys
Exec=xbindkeys_autostart
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=
GenericName=
Hidden=true
If you observe the Exec line.. this .desktop file will execute xbindkeys_autostart which is actually /usr/bin/xbindkeys_autostart with below contents
#!/bin/bash
set -e
set -u
set -E
PROG="/usr/bin/xbindkeys"
NOAUTO="$HOME/.xbindkeys.noauto"
# This file autostarts xbindkeysrc if the user (or system) has a config
# for it AND does NOT Have a .xbindkeys.noauto in his homedir.
# we only run if there is no NOAUTO file
if ! [[ -f $NOAUTO ]] && [[ -x $PROG ]]; then
# User config wins over system config
# guile config wins over classic config
for cfile in "/etc/xbindkeysrc" "$HOME/.xbindkeysrc" "$HOME/.xbindkeysrc.scm"; do
if [[ -f $cfile ]] || [[ -L $cfile ]]; then
CONF="$cfile"
fi
done
# Run $PROG - if it has been configured
if [ -n "$CONF" ]; then
$PROG -f $CONF
fi
fi
for example manually added autostart programmes with directly entering commands in startup application list is like below
you can see the difference between both of these .desktop files for the line "Hidden" which is false for one and true for other
if you make the Hidden=true to Hidden=false you can see it in GUI startupapplications list like below
answered Sep 29 at 4:32
PRATAPPRATAP
7,8644 gold badges12 silver badges48 bronze badges
answered Sep 29 at 4:32
PRATAPPRATAP
7,8644 gold badges12 silver badges48 bronze badges
answered Sep 29 at 4:32
PRATAPPRATAP
7,8644 gold badges12 silver badges48 bronze badges
answered Sep 29 at 4:32
PRATAPPRATAP
7,8644 gold badges12 silver badges48 bronze badges
7,8644 gold badges12 silver badges48 bronze badges
In my case it seems to be/etc/xdg/autostart/, not$HOME/.config/autostart/. The rest of your answer stands. Still curious about the general algorithm for such things, though.
– sigil
Sep 29 at 12:07
etc xdg for all users..........configfor user..
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:25
i still doubt why it went to /etc/xdg/ in your case.. may be manual entry? if possible purge xbindkeys and then install xbindkeys.. and see if it is still created in /etc/xdg
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:29
add a comment
|
In my case it seems to be/etc/xdg/autostart/, not$HOME/.config/autostart/. The rest of your answer stands. Still curious about the general algorithm for such things, though.
– sigil
Sep 29 at 12:07
etc xdg for all users..........configfor user..
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:25
i still doubt why it went to /etc/xdg/ in your case.. may be manual entry? if possible purge xbindkeys and then install xbindkeys.. and see if it is still created in /etc/xdg
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:29
In my case it seems to be
/etc/xdg/autostart/, not $HOME/.config/autostart/. The rest of your answer stands. Still curious about the general algorithm for such things, though.– sigil
Sep 29 at 12:07
In my case it seems to be
/etc/xdg/autostart/, not $HOME/.config/autostart/. The rest of your answer stands. Still curious about the general algorithm for such things, though.– sigil
Sep 29 at 12:07
etc xdg for all users.........
.config for user..– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:25
etc xdg for all users.........
.config for user..– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:25
i still doubt why it went to /etc/xdg/ in your case.. may be manual entry? if possible purge xbindkeys and then install xbindkeys.. and see if it is still created in /etc/xdg
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:29
i still doubt why it went to /etc/xdg/ in your case.. may be manual entry? if possible purge xbindkeys and then install xbindkeys.. and see if it is still created in /etc/xdg
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 12:29
add a comment
|
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Hi.. your main question seems to be why xbinkeys auto starting? if yes the answer is easy to explain..
– PRATAP
Sep 29 at 4:06