Jtdcftul

In a nutshell: it appears code I add to my session & startup menu does not get run (correctly). Some examples:

compiz --replace & 

dropbox stop && dbus-launch dropbox start &

pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover &

When I a) reboot or b) log out, I have to run this code via xfrun regardless to have it function. I have been having this issue in my previous install of Xubuntu 16.04 and now still in my new install 18.04 & I would like to finally fix it.

I have been searching on google trying to find some sort of log to try and trouble shoot this, but so far no dice. I have been using search terms like:

xubuntu autostart applications log

xubuntu session log

xubuntu startup log

xubuntu troubleshoot application autostart

xubuntu application autostart not working

I found and tried the solutions in:

• Edit .desktop files in /etc/xdg/autostart


• compiz specific a) add & -> can't find source anymore, sorry


• compiz specific b) dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
  


• I never save sessions, and clearing the session does not help


• Suggestion I have found in multiple places (e.g. here) is that it might have to do with the order in which scripts are run. However, this seems unlikely to me as these are multiple unrelated commands with the same problem. To check, I renamed all my custom fixes with zz_ to get them last in the list (although opinions seem divided on whether that affects the load order) and restarted my session. No dice.


• 
  desktop files in ~/.config/autostart/ are all created and fine None of the names contain spaces (a bug I read about elsewhere, can’t find source back, sorry).


• As a sanity check, I added the ~/.config/autostart/ files to /etc/xdg/autostart but as I suspected that did not do anything at all.


• I could not find any mention of logs of the commands in autorun, although that would be insanely useful

I am running out of ideas. Perhaps I am missing something, or I do not know the one search term that would give me the solution. I am not a pro linux user by any stretch of the imagination, but I am trying to learn :). Any and all help much appreciated.

Thank you,
Narameh

I think the question Narameh may be asking is similar to the one I have: where/how can I intercept the initial startup process for the Xfce4 GUI/Desktop? I'm just trying to find a reliable way to insure that my laptop workstation defaults to the external monitor. And while I have determined that arandr can create an auto-config script which will accomplish this for a given user, I still haven't found the point at which the system makes its initial default monitor/x display device selection (presumably using xrandr), on which to display the default select-user-I-want-to-login-as screen.

In simple terms: being able to force the selection of the external monitor for a given user (by using arandr to write a script into ~/.screenlayout) doesn't help if I cant see the initial login screen for that user.