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Autostart Application in Gnome 2 on RHEL

Resolution : #1 - you can create a file in ~/.config/autostart/ #2 - you can use the GUI #1 - ~/.config/autostart/conky.desktop [jradtke@neo ~]$ cat .config/autostart/conky.desktop [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Exec=/usr/bin/conky ~/.conkyrc & Hidden=false X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true Name[en_US]=Conky Name=Conky Comment[en_US]=Conky Desktop App Comment=Conky Desktop App #2 - Click on System | Preferences | Startup Applications Click Add Provide a Name, Command and Comment. In the Name field, enter /usr/bin/conky ~/.conkyrc & What does a conkyrc look like on RHEL? I had a difficult time finding a configuration that would do anything useful, other than no custom config whatsoever.  I found this one online - and I wish I could remember where so I could give credit. [jradtke@neo ~]$ cat .conkyrc # Conky sample configuration # # the list of variables has been removed from this file in favour # of keeping the documentation more maintainabl...