[SOLVED] compiz tray icon won't load on boot-up

[Cammy]

If I go to System -> Preferences -> GL Desktop and click "Show tray icon", it appears on my top panel, but the next time I boot the machine, it's gone.

Any tips for making it hang around?

[thymox]

Find out what command System -> Preferences -> GL Desktop runs, then go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions and add a new Startup Program that runs the command you just discovered. If it needs sudo rights, then just do it via: gksudo -S "command you found" and it'll use the nice GUI sudo thingy.

[Cammy]

Well I'm not trying to run the GL Desktop dialog at bootup. I'm just trying to get the tray icon for it to stick around. If I run the GL Desktop app, and check the "Show tray icon" option, the check disappears on next bootup, and I have to re-check it. It's like it's not saving the settings.

What I need is a command line option to add to sessions that kicks off the tray icon.

[Cammy]

Ok, I'm gonna mark this as solved.

I asked over on the compiz forums, and found I was running an ancient version of compiz. I've installed the new version, and I'm good to go (although I have a few new bugs to replace the old ones, heh).