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Bug 525039 - Should not be started automatically via /etc/xdg/autostart
Should not be started automatically via /etc/xdg/autostart
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: General
0.22.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: empathy-maint
empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks: 506311
 
 
Reported: 2008-03-29 21:50 UTC by freggy1
Modified: 2008-04-11 15:07 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
don't install desktop in autostart (870 bytes, patch)
2008-04-10 17:58 UTC, Frederic Peters 		committed Details | Review

Description freggy1 2008-03-29 21:50:00 UTC 
As soon as Empathy is installed, it will be started automatically at GNOME login for all users, even if they don't use Empathy. Even if I use Empathy, I find this very disturbing, because I want to choose myself when I want to start Empathy.

Empathy should not put itself in /etc/xdg/autostart, but rely on session manamgent to be started automatically, so that users can choose themselves whether they want Empathy to be started automatically or not.
Comment 1 Frederic Peters 2008-04-10 17:58:55 UTC 
Created attachment 109015 [details] [review]
don't install desktop in autostart

As discussed on IRC, patch to install the .desktop file to $(datadir)/applications instead of the autostart dir.
Comment 2 Xavier Claessens 2008-04-11 15:07:31 UTC 
Thanks for the patch, committed.

This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.