[SOLVED] Unable to get conky to autostart on bootup on an antiXcore-LXDE setup

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  • January 24, 2020 at 3:27 pm #32019
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      I downloaded conky-all and can get it to show on the Desktop, when I type ‘conky’ in terminal.
      However, I don’t know how to get it show automatically on the Desktop, following boot-up.

      The Desktop Session Settings gui appears to have only a limited choice of applications that start at bootup (see attachment). How could I include conky-all in this list ?

      I also looked in the file /home/mike/.conkyrc, but couldn’t find any clues there for an ‘autostart’ setting for the conky-all gui.

      If you can share any ideas on how to autostart the conky-all gui on boot-up that would be great – thankyou in advance for any help with this.

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      ▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
      - (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
      ▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
      - (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
      - (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

      January 24, 2020 at 4:48 pm #32025
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        With v 17 antiX

        Open antiX Control Centre > Session > User Desktop-Session > desktop-session.conf (scroll down to about line 74 LOAD_CONKY=”true”) save logout log back in.

        January 25, 2020 at 3:17 am #32030
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          The LXDE desktop has a few special features for this task. That’s why I solved it this way:

          1. create an autostart script in your /home
          e.g. $ touch / home/mikey777/autostart-lxde.sh
          and make it executable

          This has the advantage that you can enter all applications here (conky; grellm etc.)

          2. create a “desktop configuration file” in the hidden directory / home/mikey777/.config/autostart
          (if not available, create it)/ LXDE_Autostart.desktop

          with this content, as shown in the picture.
          After a new login, all applications entered in the autostartscript are started.

          February 7, 2020 at 9:45 am #32531
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            @male
            Thankyou for the fix, really appreciated 🙂

            ▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
            - (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
            ▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
            - (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
            - (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

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