Cairo Dock won't autostart

[forneus2]

I installed Cairo Dock, set it up, added @xcompmgr -n to manually autostart apps as instructed. But it still doesn't launch at system start. In the settings menu there is an option Launch on startup but when I click it nothing happens, there is no check box or confirmation window. What am I missing?

Lubuntu 16.04 is my distro.

[Frogs Hair]

Are you trying to run the open GL option ?

[forneus2]

Are you trying to run the open GL option ?

Sorry, I'm not that advanced. What is GL option? I just want the dock to launch automatically at system startup.

[Frogs Hair]

There are two options or icons for Cairo Dock and Cairo Dock with open GL . Open GL requires a compositor because it has more effects/eye candy and Lubuntu may not support that option .

These command for startup should still be applicable.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/9131...ngl-to-startup

[forneus2]

There are two options or icons for Cairo Dock and Cairo Dock with open GL . Open GL requires a compositor because it has more effects/eye candy and Lubuntu may not support that option .

These command for startup should still be applicable.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/9131...ngl-to-startup

Thanks for your reply. I used https://www.lifewire.com/make-lubunt...k-good-4033938 as a resource. At the install I did say no to enable open GL. Maybe I should have said yes? How can I reconfigure it? My specs are not high - cpu Pentium 1.2Ghz, ram 2Gb, internal graphics. Is it not enough for correct compositing settings?

[Frogs Hair]

According to the instructions you can attempt to use open GL and disable it if there is a problem. Did you perform the other step as well ?

To make Cairo run at startup right click on the dock and choose cairo dock and then "Launch Cairo Dock On Startup".

[forneus2]

According to the instructions you can attempt to use open GL and disable it if there is a problem. Did you perform the other step as well ?

I did. Right-click on the dock >>cairo configuration >> run on startup. But this menu line is not like checkbox and nothing opens up after clicking on it.

How do I attempt to use openGL? Cannot find the settings option.

[Frogs Hair]

I can't auto start either and the options I used in an earlier version no longer apply . There were once two entries made to startup applications automatically when autostart was selected and you could enable or disable ether one . I'll try a different command and get back to you.


Edit: The commands posted in the link earlier do work though I am using Ubuntu so things may look different.
Open GL

cairo-dock -o

Standard

cairo-dock -c

http://glx-dock.org/ww_page.php?p=First%20Steps&lang=en

[tatofuertepr12]

i read this on the Net.

I put the Cairo-dock in system startup applications.

Put in the "Command" field: cairo-dock -o
After I pressed ENTER.

Be cool.

and it work, i have Ubuntu 16 OS..

Big thanks to Cibernetico