Do

"Start GNOME DO at login" does not work in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

Bug #393729 reported by Michael Rooney on 2009-06-30

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Do	Fix Released	Low	Unassigned	Do 0.8.3 "Lucid Dreaming"
	gnome-do (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

In Karmic Do's auto start option doesn't work anymore.

On opening the preferences window I see:
[Error 20:07:17.959] [SystemService] Failed to write initial autostart file: Error opening file '/home/michael/.config/autostart/gnome-do.desktop': No such file or directory

and upon checking the box:
[Error 20:07:27.071] [SystemService] Failed to update autostart file: Error opening file '/usr/local/share/applications/gnome-do.desktop': Permission denied

and checking the box doesn't persist in the UI either, presumably because it pulls the setting from the actual state on disk each time which isn't actually being changed.

However it works fine after I manually added it once, then removed it. Perhaps the autostart directory doesn't exist before there are manual entries made through "Startup Applications" and Do assumes that it exists?

Related branches

lp:debian/squeeze/gnome-do

lp:ubuntu/lucid/gnome-do

Robert Dyer (psybers) on 2009-06-30

Changed in do:
importance:	Undecided → Low

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Robert Dyer (psybers) wrote on 2009-06-30:

autostart.diff Edit (757 bytes, text/plain)

Let me know if this patch fixes it.

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Robert Dyer (psybers) wrote on 2009-06-30:

working patch Edit (861 bytes, text/plain)

Oops, wrong patch. This one should at least compile. ;-)

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Michael Rooney (mrooney) wrote on 2009-07-01:

Thanks, that second patch does the trick!

Changed in gnome-do (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Triaged

Robert Dyer (psybers) on 2009-07-01

Changed in do:
status:	New → Fix Committed

Robert Dyer (psybers) on 2009-07-16

Changed in gnome-do (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Fix Committed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2009-08-12:

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-do - 0.8.2+dfsg-1

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gnome-do (0.8.2+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    + No longer uses a plugin repository. Fixes many plugin-
      related issues. (LP: #343096, LP: #330025, LP #345001)
    + No longer blocks on "About Do" (LP: #361679)
    + Reacts correctly when a Composite manager is enabled/
      disabled at runtime. (LP: #346347, LP: #390150)
    + Fixes for space reserved by Docky blocking drag and
      drop operations. (LP: #354729, LP: #347052, LP: #382843)
    + Properly sets "Hidden" key on autostart files in response to
      "Start on login" option. (Closes: #526023) (LP: #369988)
  * debian/patches/10_application_search_path:
    + Drop; included upstream
  * debian/patches/10_sk_translation_update:
    + Import sk translation update from Debian BTS.
      (Closes: #531779)
  * debian/patches/11_fix_autostart_when_directory_does_not_exist:
    + Patch from upstream. Fixes the "Start on login" option when the
      ~/.config/autostart directory does not exist. (LP: #393729)
  * debian/control:
    + Update standards version to 3.8.2; no changes required.
    + Add libtool to Build-Depends; required for autoreconf.
    + Add Recommends: on new gnome-do-docklets package.
  * debian/gnome-do.1
    + Fix spelling: GNOME-Do => GNOME Do.
    + Miscelaneous lintian fixes; NAME section, escaping minus signs with \-
  * debian/copyright:
    + Update for new copyright holders.
    + Minor update to DEP-5 format