Guake does not autostart - workaround

[viking60]

Try to make it sleep longer like 25 seconds instead of 15 - Gnome shell can be slow to get things up and running:

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#! /bin/sh
sleep 25
echo guake started: $(date) >> guake.log
guake

exit 0

It could work

[dedanna1029]

Aye, it could. Thanks.

[dedanna1029]

Recently I had the problem that guake does not autostart even if I had set it in gnome-session-properties.

This only affects guake and it seems to affect at least Arch and Ubuntu.
I have no Idea why this happens since every other entry in gnome-session-properties autostarts on loading as it should.
(it makes an entry in ~/.config/autostart)
So a workaround is called for:
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cd /usr/bin

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sudo nano startguake.sh

3 enter this content:

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#! /bin/sh

sleep 15
echo guake started: $(date) >> guake.log
guake

exit 0


Save and exit.

start gnome-session-properties
and edit the guake entry in the command prompt like this:

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sh startguake.sh

Now guake will be auto-loaded.

Just had to figure this out, btw, for a KDE-only system. Of course, it would be easier to use UGLY-arse yakuake, but that's not now, or ever will be, in the cards here. For guake to auto-start in KDE, do the script above, startguake.sh. Then... go to KDE System Settings--->Startup and Shutdown---Add Script--->/usr/bin/startguake.sh

Next, do:

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su -
password
chmod a+x /usr/bin/startguake.sh

It will NOT work without this last code.

[viking60]

Right You need to chmod it like every other script. I should have mentioned that.

[dedanna1029]

What's funny about that, is that I didn't need to for the netbook (where guake's crashing in regular Gnome [gnome-shell]) - it works fine as-is for KDE and gnome-fallback.

Ooooooooooohhh.... wait....

[dedanna1029]

Try to make it sleep longer like 25 seconds instead of 15 - Gnome shell can be slow to get things up and running:

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#! /bin/sh
sleep 25
echo guake started: $(date) >> guake.log
guake

exit 0

It could work

It does work thanks, however, I'm curious as to how necessary the ">> guake.log" part is? When this is used for startup, it also starts guake.log along with it in startup (or if the script is used just to start guake). Is the log necessary? Thanks.

Edit: I think I may have delved into the realm of "Help". Apologies.

[viking60]

You do not need the log part. It is just for information on the guake startup written to guake.log.

[dedanna1029]

OK, thanks much.