[PLUG] Gaim fails if automatically loaded.

[Quentin Hartman]

This link might help:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Autostart_Programs#KDE

A quick google for "kde startup programs order" returned a number of
promising links, though this is the only one I looked at.

On 5/10/07, Denis Heidtmann <denish at dslnorthwest.net> wrote:
>
> Quentin Hartman wrote:
> > On 5/9/07, Denis Heidtmann <denish at dslnorthwest.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> The problem Gaim launch is precipitated by either telling KDE to
> restore
> >> the
> >> previous session, or telling KDE to save the current session.  I would
> be
> >> surprised if there is a way to influence when KDE does the restore
> during
> >> session initialization.
> >
> >
> > Well, in gnome, there are obvious ways to define the order in which
> things
> > are started. KDE likely has something like that. No idea where it might
> be
> > found though...
> >
> > I believe there are other ways to launch applications on starting a
> > session,
> >> but
> >> I do not know what they are.  My impression is that there are many
> ways.
> >
> >
> > Indeed.
> >
> > One thing I notice is that in the Kmenu System Settings there is a tab
> for
> >> "Default Applications".  On that window the Instant Messenger is shown
> as
> >> Kopete.  There is a drop-down list, but only Kopete is on the list.
> >> Adept
> >> shows
> >> Kopete as installed.  Should I uninstall it? (A long time ago I tried
> >> Kopete but
> >> found it inadequate for various reasons.)
> >
> >
> > I don't think this would have any bearing on the problem at hand. Since
> > Gaim
> > is not really a "KDE aware" application it wouldn't be likely to link
> into
> > KDE's application stack like that, which would explain why it isn't in
> that
> > list. However, assuming that list behaves it should, it should have no
> > impact on Gaim's success or failure to start. I still think finding a
> > way to
> > fiddle with the order that programs are started during your session
> > initialization is worth digging further into. If I have some time
> tomorrow
> > I'll do some digging on my own and post here if I find anything.
> >
> Thanks so much for the ideas.  I will try digging, although I am not sure
> which
> shovel to use yet.
>
> -Denis
>
> I found this, but am not sure it helps me:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/32194
>
> Also, I am about to look for the files described here:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2595382
>
> -Denis
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