I have had the same problem. Also the same solution. This was the output when I ran the program from the terminal: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-session-properties
** (gnome-session-properties:6053): WARNING **: Could not save /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop file ** (gnome-session-properties:6053): WARNING **: Could not save /etc/xdg/autostart/evolution-alarm-notify.desktop file ** (gnome-session-properties:6053): WARNING **: Could not save /usr/share/gnome/autostart/gnome-power-manager.desktop file ** (gnome-session-properties:6053): WARNING **: Could not save /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-volume-manager.desktop file ** (gnome-session-properties:6053): WARNING **: Could not save /etc/xdg/autostart/beagled.desktop file The solution was as posted above the change ownership of the directory. -- Could not put applications to autostart in gnome-session-properties https://launchpad.net/bugs/71637 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
