Labwc autostart file is fixed to a specific folder #20

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opened 2025-12-08 11:23:36 +01:00 by fossfreedom · 2 comments

fossfreedom commented

2025-12-08 11:23:36 +01:00

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As per labwc/labwc@eecb5d0947/src/common/dir.c (L149)

This means the autostart file is defined by our usage of --config-dir in /usr/bin/startbudgielabwc - in essence it will always be in the users home folder and any /etc/labwc/autostart file will be ignored.

What we could do is define the autostart file in budgie-desktop - bridges and modify /usr/bin/startbudgielabwc to copy it down to the users home budge config folder. Then when labwc starts, the contents of the autostart will run.

As per https://github.com/labwc/labwc/blob/eecb5d0947ea34d139e49c2be2f9ebaf4bf3323d/src/common/dir.c#L149 This means the autostart file is defined by our usage of --config-dir in /usr/bin/startbudgielabwc - in essence it will always be in the users home folder and any /etc/labwc/autostart file will be ignored. What we could do is define the autostart file in budgie-desktop - bridges and modify /usr/bin/startbudgielabwc to copy it down to the users home budge config folder. Then when labwc starts, the contents of the autostart will run.