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robertspierre
Asked: 2021-01-26 13:37:37 +0800 CST

Maestral doesn't start at login

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I have installed Maestral and activated the "Start Maestral on login" option on preferences.

But Maestral doesn't start at login.

Here is the content of ~/.config/autostart/maestral-maestral.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version = 1.0
Type = Application
Name = Maestral
Exec = /usr/bin/python3 -m maestral_qt -c maestral
Icon = maestral
Terminal = false
Categories = Network;FileTransfer;
GenericName = File Synchronizer
Comment = Sync your files with Dropbox

I am able to start it with /usr/bin/python3 -m maestral_qt -c maestral

EDIT: I have Ubuntu 20.10

startup

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Yo can easily add the command to Startup Applications as follows.

    Search in applications for Startup Applications and click on it to run:

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    In Startup Applications click the Add button then enter Maestral in the Name: field, /usr/bin/python3 -m maestral_qt -c maestral in the Command: field and Run Maestral on login. in the Comment: field then click the Save button like so:

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    That's it. Now, every time you login, Maestral will start automatically.

    Notice:

    The above steps will create a new .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart/ and you can run ls ~/.config/autostart/ to find the file and see how it's done the right way. The file might be named after the first part of the command i.e python3.desktop and if you run cat ~/.config/autostart/python3.desktop you should see something like this:

    [Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/bin/python3 -m maestral_qt -c maestral
Hidden=false
NoDisplay=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Name[en_US]=Maestral
Name=Maestral
Comment[en_US]=Run Maestral on login.
Comment=Run Maestral on login.
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