Autostart does not work, why?

[Jim_in_Omaha]

For what its worth,

I ran into a similar issue with three installations of Ubuntu 14.04 and the installation of the grive-tools. The indicator would not automatically startup even though it shows in the startup applications from the Launcher.

So what I tried as a wild hair guess was:

1. Open up the startup applications via the Launcher. This already shows the Google Drive indicator shortcut that does not open and autosync.
2. Click on 'Edit' for the Google Drive.
3. In the Command box I clicked 'Browse' and went to the

/opt/thefanclub/grive-tools/grive-indicator

and basically redid the entry. And it works now.


Then I am also able to get Firefox to autostart along with Gpodder by simply adding from the same Startup Applications panel.

1. Click 'Add'
2. Name it example 'Firefox'
3. In the command box I put just 'firefox' (without quotes, same as if from the command line).
4. Give it a comment if you wish.
5. Click the 'Add' button at the bottom of that panel. Then log out or restart to see if it works.

Hello,

I want to start firefox and grive with autostart, Having put it in into the desktop autostart windows, nothing happens. How to do it?

(easy please, I am a beginner)

Thanks!

[Todd_Wolfson]

I have debugged this issue on Linux Mint 17.1 and might be applicable to others. `grive-tools` installs `.config/autostart/grive-indicator-autostart.desktop`. However, after trial/error, it looks like we need to name the file to be the same as others in `.local/share/applications` or `/usr/share/applications/`. To apply the fix I did:

mv ~/.config/autostart/grive-indicator-autostart.desktop ~/.config/autostart/grive-indicator.desktop

Then, log out and log in to see if it works.