[Solved]autorun a script after kde starts

calvin1857 · n00b Joined: 15 Nov 2012 Posts: 13

Hi,
I am trying to start conky when kde starts. So i am used this commonly used script

#! /bin/bash
feh --bg-scale `grep 'wallpaper=' ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc | tail --bytes=+11`
sleep 15
conky -&

and saved it as conkystart.sh and did chmod +x to it. Now if I call the script from terminal or even execute it by double clicking it, it launches conky fine as expected.

But I am unable to autorun this script on kde startup. I tried putting it in $HOME/.config/autostart and $HOME/.kde4/Autostart and $HOME/.kde4/share/Autostart both directly and symlinking it but non of the above ways work.

What am I doing wrong? I am using kde 4.11

Thank you

aCOSwt · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:13 am Post subject:

Launch System Settings => Startup & Shutdown => Autostart

Then Add Program... | Add Script
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calvin1857 · n00b Joined: 15 Nov 2012 Posts: 13

Thanks aCOSwt,
But I have already tried your method and it fails.
Any other ideas?

Thanks

Kidov · n00b Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 56 Location: Finland

Have you tried running any other scripts at startup, just to make sure autostartup works?

calvin1857 · n00b Joined: 15 Nov 2012 Posts: 13

Hi ,
Thanks Kidov , as per your suggestion, i tried a few more scripts in autostart mode using kde but they all failed.
I am clueless

thanks

GFCCAE6xF · Apprentice Joined: 06 Aug 2012 Posts: 295

I can't say I ever had this issue when setting up kde before, just to be sure though: are the scripts executable and working before trying to have kde execute them?

calvin1857 · n00b Joined: 15 Nov 2012 Posts: 13

hi ,
yeah they are executable and work when opened via konsole or by double clicking.

By the way , is there something wrong with my script ?

calvin1857 · n00b Joined: 15 Nov 2012 Posts: 13

Hey..
Sorry to bother you guys but now its working. It was my mistake.
Initially the shell script was hidden having the name .conkystart.sh , after changing it to conkystart.sh - its working

Sorry Guys :oops:

GFCCAE6xF · Apprentice Joined: 06 Aug 2012 Posts: 295

Oops, well I see again now in the op, I was reading a load of threads from the past few days and just started typing away

It seems you just fixed it anyway, but I guess it must be 'OK' if it works, I'm not sure what the first line does? feh? Some kind of wallpaper setting app but sourcing kde settings? Can kde not start and set the paper and you create some entry for autostarting just conky? Or does conky act a little weird on kde desktop? I had many oddities in the past with conky so blah :lol:

Yamakuzure · Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:27 pm Post subject:

Just a question, why are you using feh with KDE?

You just have to Autostart it and set it's config to contain: