On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 10:44:37PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > My dear illustrious List members and leaders of the Debian-users group:
[...]
> I saved a file at "/etc/systemd/system/" named "rc-local.service" with
> the following lines:
[...]
> I also added the line in the file /etc/rc.local:
> mousepad
Is it this mousepad?
mousepad/stable 0.5.2-1 amd64
simple Xfce oriented text editor
> But the program doesn't launch at startup. Where I am going wrong?
> Does it fail to start because the command is run before the GUI starts
> up?
Then yes: system startup is "too early". Most probably you don't even
want to have it running as a "system program", but as a "user program",
under your user ID and whithin your (user) graphical session.
In this case, I'd look at what possibilities your desktop environment
(or window manager) offer. They usually have a way to start programs
at session start (at which point all the environment your mousepad will
need is set up).
> I don't want to use cron by editing crontab -e. I tried @reboot
> mousepad, but doesn't work.
Again: cron is "outside" the graphical environment. If my hunch above
is correct, it will feel "lost" and won't even know how to start.
So please tell us two things:
- what is this "mousepad" thing?
- what desktop environment/window manager are you using?
Cheers
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tomás
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