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[Locked] A message at startup
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phil66 English 26 matttbe [Read]
30 July 2009 à 16:13

phil66, Wednesday 22 July 2009 à 03:59


Subscription date : 07 April 2008
Messages : 103
Ubuntu Hardy
Cairo-dock version 2.0.7

At start up I get the message do I want to open cairo-dock opengl.

Used info from the wiki to set up start up programs in sessions with cairo-dock -o

This does not stop the start up message.

Anything I can try differently

ppmt, Wednesday 22 July 2009 à 05:04


Subscription date : 29 November 2007
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sorry if I am patronising but....where did you put that command?

I am asking because once I had a similar problem with another program that would not take my parameter
only to realise later that I was entering the parameter in the name field rather than the command field

Another idea to look into is that may be you have 2 entries of the dock in your startup...one without the -o parameter ?

matttbe, Wednesday 22 July 2009 à 10:20


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
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Yes, check if you "save your session" each time ! (if all apps open at the end of a session are opened again next time).

Or test with the command between two double quotes => "cairo-dock -o"

phil66, Friday 24 July 2009 à 04:41


Subscription date : 07 April 2008
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This is the info from sessions:

Program name: cairo-dock enabled
Current sessions:
program cairo-dock
order 50
style normal
state (RED) ? mark

Options: remember when logging out.

Startup program
Name cairo-dock
command cairo-dock -o also tried "cairo-dock -o"

Only one listing for cairo-dock in sessions

After boot still getting message about opengl Current session info does not change whether opengl is started or not

Any more suggestions.

ppmt, Friday 24 July 2009 à 14:17


Subscription date : 29 November 2007
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I don't like that "remember when logging out" option....it used to mess up my system with program starting twice after (because Gnome remembered to open it and it still was in my startup)

Can you do :

ps -ef |grep cairo

and show us the result

if you have 2 instance then untick the one in you startup and also kill all of the session

killall cairo-dock

then logout and login again.....if it is the problem you should now only have one instance launched (check with the ps command). it most likely will ask you
if you want opengl or not

At this point you need to remove the "remember when logging out", then tick back the line in your startup

logout and login again and you should be good...I hope!

phil66, Friday 24 July 2009 à 16:57


Subscription date : 07 April 2008
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ray66@ray66-desktop:~$ ps -ef |grep cairo
ray66 6165 5926 0 09:39 ? 00:00:01 cairo-dock
ray66 6391 6372 0 09:46 pts/0 00:00:00 grep cairo
ray66@ray66-desktop:~$

ray66@ray66-desktop:~$ killall cairo-dock
ray66@ray66-desktop:~$

ray66@ray66-desktop:~$ ps -ef |grep cairo
ray66 6398 6372 0 09:51 pts/0 00:00:00 grep cairo
ray66@ray66-desktop:~$

removed remember when logging out

enabled startup program

ray66 6406 6372 0 09:56 pts/0 00:00:00 grep cairo
ray66@ray66-desktop:~$

I am still getting message and have to click yes to start dock

After reboot status of ps

ray66@ray66-desktop:~$ ps -ef |grep cairo
ray66 6171 5931 0 09:59 ? 00:00:01 cairo-dock
ray66 6312 6294 0 10:04 pts/0 00:00:00 grep cairo
ray66@ray66-desktop:~$

matttbe, Friday 24 July 2009 à 17:23


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
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Can you post the content of the launcher ?

You can find it with this command
ls ~/.config/autostart/
Something like cairo-dock.desktop
To have the content :
cat ~/.config/autostart/cairo-dock.desktop


You will have to have :
Exec=cairo-dock -o
If you haven't this line, change this launcher with an editor (like gedit, kile, nano, vim,..)
gedit ~/.config/autostart/cairo-dock.desktop



PS : If you use KDE : launchers are available in this repertory :
~/.kde/Autostart

ppmt, Friday 24 July 2009 à 17:27


Subscription date : 29 November 2007
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Grrrr!!!!

I don't know what can be wrong then!

phil66, Friday 24 July 2009 à 17:43


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ray66@ray66-desktop:~$ ls ~/.config/autostart/
bluetooth-applet.desktop cairo-dock.desktop evolution-alarm-notify.desktop
ray66@ray66-desktop:~$ cat ~/.config/autostart/cairo-dock.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Name=No Name
Name[en_US]=cairo-dock
Exec=cairo-dock -o
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
ray66@ray66-desktop:~$

matttbe, Friday 24 July 2009 à 17:52


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
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Arg ! Maybe a old bug resolved in Intrepid or Jaunty...

Try to create your own launcher !
  • Create a new file, for exemple ".cairo-dock.sh" in your home repertory
    gedit .cairo-dock.sh
  • Write in it (change the "15 seconds" by what you want ) :
    #!/bin/bash
    sleep 15 && cairo-dock -o
  • Change the right to execute it :
    chmod u+x ~/.cairo-dock.sh
  • With the session manager (in the System menu), remove the old cairo-dock launcher and add a new with a link to this file ".cairo-dock.sh".
  • Report if it works or not ;-)

phil66, Friday 24 July 2009 à 18:30


Subscription date : 07 April 2008
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Created new file
Copy and pasted bin/bash command into it
changed right to execute

In sessions used browse to find .cairo-dock.sh
It show /home/ray66/.cairo-dock.sh
Saved sessions

Logged out and logged in

Message and requirement to click to start cairo-dock still on desktop at boot

matttbe, Friday 24 July 2009 à 19:03


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
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And if you execute "cairo-dock -o" in a terminal, is it ok ?

phil66, Friday 24 July 2009 à 21:34


Subscription date : 07 April 2008
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ray66@ray66-desktop:~$ cairo-dock -o
warning : (cairo-dock-modules.c:cairo_dock_preload_module_from_directory:327)
while opening module '/usr/lib/cairo-dock/libcd-xfce-integration.so' : (libthunar-vfs-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
gtk_widget_get_gl_context: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
OpenGL version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 169.12
OpenGL vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer: GeForce 7900 GS/PCI/SSE2
g_strsplit: assertion `string != NULL' failed
cairo_dock_duplicate_surface (72.00x72.00 -> 72.00x72.00)
on positionne la miniature de Terminal
if your drivers are crappy, we'll know it immediately ... ok, they seem fine enough.
cairo_dock_replace_values_in_conf_file (/home/ray66/.config/cairo-dock/current_theme/plug-ins/dialog-rendering/dialog-rendering.conf)
cairo_dock_replace_key_values (0)
warning : (cairo-dock-config.c:cairo_dock_get_double_key_value:172)
Key file does not have key 'scroll speed'
warning : (cairo-dock-config.c:cairo_dock_get_double_key_value:172)
Key file does not have key 'scroll accel'
cairo_dock_replace_values_in_conf_file (/home/ray66/.config/cairo-dock/current_theme/plug-ins/rendering/rendering.conf)
cairo_dock_replace_key_values (0)
g_key_file_has_key: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed
warning : (cairo-dock-keyfile-utilities.c:cairo_dock_flush_conf_file_full:72)
Couldn't find any installed conf file
cairo_dock_replace_values_in_conf_file (/home/ray66/.config/cairo-dock/current_theme/plug-ins/illusion/illusion.conf)
cairo_dock_replace_key_values (0)
cairo_dock_replace_values_in_conf_file (/home/ray66/.config/cairo-dock/current_theme/plug-ins/icon-effect/icon-effect.conf)
cairo_dock_replace_key_values (0)
cairo_dock_replace_values_in_conf_file (/home/ray66/.config/cairo-dock/current_theme/plug-ins/Animated-icons/Animated-icons.conf)
cairo_dock_replace_key_values (0)
cairo_dock_replace_values_in_conf_file (/home/ray66/.config/cairo-dock/current_theme/plug-ins/drop_indicator/drop_indicator.conf)
cairo_dock_replace_key_values (0)
cairo_dock_search_icon_s_path: assertion `cFileName != NULL' failed
cairo_dock_search_icon_s_path: assertion `cFileName != NULL' failed
cairo_dock_search_icon_s_path: assertion `cFileName != NULL' failed
cairo_dock_search_icon_s_path: assertion `cFileName != NULL' failed
n'est pas un directory, menu_path : /
n'est pas un directory, menu_path : /
cairo_dock_search_icon_s_path: assertion `cFileName != NULL' failed
cairo_dock_search_icon_s_path: assertion `cFileName != NULL' failed
cairo_dock_search_icon_s_path: assertion `cFileName != NULL' failed
cairo_dock_search_icon_s_path: assertion `cFileName != NULL' failed

Dock opens in opengl

Also opens from command line to opengl

matttbe, Sunday 26 July 2009 à 01:52


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
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Ok but is there a message that explain to you if you would start CD with or without OpenGL ?

Because if it works, I don't why you have a message at startup with the same command !!!

phil66, Sunday 26 July 2009 à 02:19


Subscription date : 07 April 2008
Messages : 103
When I boot Ubuntu Hardy I get the message and then click yes and the dock opens

When I use the terminal cairo-dock -o the dock opens and no message appears

When I run from a command line it open and no message

When I open from the application menu it opens and no message appears

In the applications menu it is under system tool and listed as GLX-dock (cairo-dock with opengl)

ppmt, Sunday 26 July 2009 à 04:38


Subscription date : 29 November 2007
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ok this doesn't make sense!!!

can we see a screenshot of the startup menu you created for cairo-dock ?

click on edit so we can see the definition

phil66, Sunday 26 July 2009 à 16:49


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Trying to send ...no luck yet

matttbe, Sunday 26 July 2009 à 17:55


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You can post your image on http://www.minibulle.com/, http://uppix.net/, etc.

phil66, Sunday 26 July 2009 à 17:58


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http://www.minibulle.com/ig/fd/screenshot_edit_startup_progra.png

http://www.minibulle.com/ig/sg/mini/screenshot_edit_startup_progra.png

phil66, Sunday 26 July 2009 à 18:20


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http://www.minibulle.com/ig/sb/screenshot_sessions_preference.png

http://www.minibulle.com/ig/jp/mini/screenshot_sessions_preference.png

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