The following doesn't help either: $ cat .config/autostart/source_Xresources.desktop [Desktop Entry]Type=Application Exec=xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources Hidden=false X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true Name=Source Xresources Comment=Source local .Xresources
$ cat ~/.Xresources UXTerm*reverseVideo: true $ No possibility to autostart local scripts any more?