Bug 483508

Summary:	Manage system-wide autostart as well
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Justin Zobel <justin>
Component:	kcm_autostart	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	ad.liu.jin, myndstream, nate, nicolas.fella
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Justin Zobel 2024-03-14 02:36:47 UTC

I have an item in /usr/share/xdg/autostart/ but I want to disable it from starting, I cannot do this without removing the application.

It would be nice to be able to disable items in there from starting. It would require the user to elevate similar to the SDDM KCM.

The KCM could then create appname.desktop.disabled in there which would prevent it from starting with Plasma.

Changes to the .desktop file itself would just be overwritten on next update so altering that wouldn't work.

Comment 1 Jin Liu 2024-03-15 02:20:16 UTC

If you only want to disable it for the current user, not all users, then this doesn't need root permission. The desktop file in /usr/share/xdg/autostart can be copied to ~/.config/autostart, and modified to contain "Hidden=true". This should prevent it from autostarting.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2024-04-09 20:17:12 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 274920 ***