Annoying autostart applications [Xubuntu]

[Devr]

Hi there,

I'm using Xubuntu and I have an annoying problem.

Every time I boot my laptop up some applications auto start and I do not want them to. One of the programs that starts is a card game I once played and the other is the update manager.

I've looked all over the place and all the 'solutions' I find are not working. Here is what I've tried to do so far:

I've looked in the following folders:
"/home/Devr/Desktop/Autostart/"
"/home/Devr/.config/autostart/"

I've tried Applications>Settings>Sessions and Startup. There is an *unchecked* check box in the settings window next to "update manager" yet still it loads when I boot up.

I've seen some people suggesting looking in ""~/.kde/Autostart" or "~/.xfce/Autostart" I have no such directories on my system.

Another post I found suggested looking at Applications>Settings>Settings manager. I have no such item in my settings menu.

Please help me, I really would like to start up my computer with no applications starting up automatically.

Thanks for your time,

Devr

[MikeTbob]

Sometimes these things get autosaved for future sessions accidentally. I think when you log out using the command line, the desktop autosaves everything. Give this a try, next time you log out close out everything first and log out using the System menu. Then reboot and see if anything changed.
I know that if I issue the reboot command while I have some programs open, when my machine comes back on, all the programs that were open will be auto opened for me.

[Segfault]

Also, there is a little checkbox when logging out to save the session. Make sure this box is checked, close all apps and log off. Next time you log in they should be gone.

[MikeTbob]

Also, there is a little checkbox when logging out to save the session. Make sure this box is checked, close all apps and log off. Next time you log in they should be gone.

I thought so too, apparently KDE4 does not use this anymore or I am just being Dense.

[Devr]

Thanks for your replies, but the problem persists.

I never logout with the command line, when I'm finished with my computer I just shutdown.

However, I did try logging out from the system menu, and making sure the "save session" checkbox is unchecked. And when I rebooted, the programs started automatically.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Devr

[Segfault]

Xubuntu is XFCE, right? Or is this KDE you have problem with?

However, I did try logging out from the system menu, and making sure the "save session" checkbox is unchecked. And when I rebooted, the programs started automatically.

This is why I said check the box. By unchecking it you log in into a session saved earlier.

[Devr]

Ahhh, My mistake!

Yes I checked the box, logged out, restarted and all is fine now. Nothing starting automatically.

Thank you very much.

Just one more thing (its related). When I boot up, the network manager tries to connect to the wireless router. But it's password protected (something called keyring comes up) Can I make it so that don't have to enter my password everytime I wish to connect to the internet?

Cheers,

Devr

p.s. yes Xubuntu is XFCE

[MikeTbob]

On my keyring manager I just check the button that says "Always Allow" but we have different desktops and I don't know if you have that option on XFCE.

[Devr]

After some searching I managed to find the "Always Allow" options and it seems have done the trick.

Thanks for all your help.

Devr

[MikeTbob]

Glad you got it working okay. Good Luck.