Bug 439169

Summary:	Autostart not working after changing my $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	kfsbgd4o48tf
Component:	kcm_autostart	Assignee:	Nicolas Fella <nicolas.fella>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	henri, kde, plasma-bugs
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.22.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description kfsbgd4o48tf 2021-06-26 03:35:37 UTC

SUMMARY
I changed my $XDG_CONFIG_HOME to another path, and placed desktop file in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart. The program won't autostart in KDE. However if I manually create ~/.config/autostart and put desktop file in it, the program can autostart with KDE. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Change $XDG_CONFIG_HOME in your profile and placed desktop file in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart
2. Reboot
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
The program won't autostart in KDE.

EXPECTED RESULT
The program autostarts in KDE.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 34
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.83.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Gnome can recognize $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart after $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is changed, and autostart program with no problem.

According to XDG Autostart specification, DE should recognize the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart path:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Autostart

Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2021-06-26 10:57:44 UTC

Plasma uses QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation for all relevant operations which reads XDG_CONFIG_HOME.

Does it work after you ran "kwriteconfig5 --file startkderc --group General --key systemdBoot false" ? If yes that looks like a problem with the xdg autostart generator

Comment 2 David Edmundson 2021-06-26 22:04:58 UTC

>XDG_CONFIG_HOME

Please confirm how you changed this?

Comment 3 kfsbgd4o48tf 2021-06-28 03:18:47 UTC

(In reply to Nicolas Fella from comment #1)
> Plasma uses QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation for all relevant
> operations which reads XDG_CONFIG_HOME.
> 
> Does it work after you ran "kwriteconfig5 --file startkderc --group General
> --key systemdBoot false" ? If yes that looks like a problem with the xdg
> autostart generator

Yes it works after running that. I'll file a bug to systemd.

Comment 4 kfsbgd4o48tf 2021-06-28 03:20:54 UTC

(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #2)
> >XDG_CONFIG_HOME
> 
> Please confirm how you changed this?

I put export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.local/config in /etc/profile.d/profile.sh

Comment 5 hchain 2021-06-28 16:19:19 UTC

I think the only way to properly set XDG_CONFIG_HOME is through /etc/security/pam_env.conf

Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2021-07-13 04:33:40 UTC

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Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2021-07-28 04:33:27 UTC

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
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