[Techtalk] K tea-time starts every day :(

[Anne Wainwright]

See below.

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:08:31 +0200
Wim wrote:

|> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Anne Wainwright
|> <anotheranne at fables.co.za> wrote:
|> > Glen, hi,
|> >
|> > On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:46:53 -0400
|> > Glen wrote:
|> >
|> > |> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:33:44 +0200
|> > |> Anne Wainwright <anotheranne at fables.co.za> wrote:
|> > |>
|> > |> >Hi,
|> > |> >
|> > |> >Sorry, silly little question. How do I stop this utility from
|> > |starting > >at boot up every time I switch on?
|> > |> >
|> > |> >I have looked and looked, and cannot to no avail.
|> > |> >
|> > |> >simple instructions gratefully received
|> > |> >
|> > |> I don't know which distro you're running, but there's probably a
|> > |> startup file in /usr/share/autostart called kteatime.desktop. (I
|> > |> think /usr is now the default location for KDE in most distros).
|You > > |> could delete the file, but you might want to move it
|somewhere for > > |> safekeeping instead, just in case some day you
|want it. > >
|> > There are a lot of k-things in there. I'm running debian, and since
|i > > use gnome I wonder why. none of them make sense and none are
|called > > kteatime. I'll rename one of the likely looking suspects and
|see what > > happens.
|> 
|> A stab in the dark here but try:
|> 1) exit all applications that you don't want to start when you login
|> (including kteatime)
|> 2) go to preferences->sessions, on the last tab there should be a
|> button to save the session
|> 3) click that button
|> 4) logout, login, check if it's gone.

Well I found something like that, and it worked. I am in gnome, Debian
upgrade of a Libranet installation (sadly gone)

Applications/Desktop Preferences/Advanced/Sessions

the last being the magic word, and now it has gone and I can remember
that for the next time.

Thanks Wim

Anne