Autostart cairo-dock

**sdibias** · 19-Oct-2008, 16:54

I'm running SUSE 11 (Gnome) and I'm trying to figure out how to setup Cairo Dock to startup automatically. I just edited System > Sessions and added Cairo Dock as a startup program however it still wont start on login and I have to start it manually using

Code:

su 
cairo-dock &

Not sure if I did something wrong or if there is a better way but any help is appreciated!

**malcolmlewis** · 19-Oct-2008, 17:25

Originally Posted by sdibias

I'm running SUSE 11 (Gnome) and I'm trying to figure out how to setup
Cairo Dock to startup automatically. I just edited System > Sessions and
added Cairo Dock as a startup program however it still wont start on
login and I have to start it manually using

Code:
--------------------

su
cairo-dock &

--------------------

Not sure if I did something wrong or if there is a better way but any
help is appreciated!

Hi
Why are you starting it with su? I start it as my user and it along
with applications start fine? Which may be your issue in an earlier
post?

I also tested it to autostart during login using the full
path /usr/bin/cairo-dock and it started up fine.

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**sdibias** · 19-Oct-2008, 17:50

I have been running it as root because I can't get it to start under my login. If I open a terminal and attempt to run it I get the following error

Code:

steve@linux-or59:~> cairo-dock &
[1] 6507
steve@linux-or59:~> cairo_dock_create_surface_from_image: assertion `rsvg_handle != NULL' failed
warning :  (cairo-dock-load.c:cairo_dock_load_task_indicator:786)  
  couldn't load image '/home/pico/.cairo-dock/Indicateur cairo dock/1208712452.svg' for indicators
warning :  (cairo-dock-application-factory.c:cairo_dock_create_surface_from_xpixmap:123)  
  This pixmap is undefined. It can happen for exemple for a window that is in a minimized state when the dock is launching.

However I think you are right, this is the reason I'm having problems with Cairo Dock in general. Any ideas?

**malcolmlewis** · 19-Oct-2008, 18:03

Originally Posted by sdibias

I have been running it as root because I can't get it to start under my
login. If I open a terminal and attempt to run it I get the following
error

Code:
--------------------

steve@linux-or59:~> cairo-dock &
[1] 6507
steve@linux-or59:~> cairo_dock_create_surface_from_image: assertion
`rsvg_handle != NULL' failed warning :
(cairo-dock-load.c:cairo_dock_load_task_indicator:786) couldn't load
image '/home/pico/.cairo-dock/Indicateur cairo dock/1208712452.svg' for
indicators warning :
(cairo-dock-application-factory.c:cairo_dock_create_surface_from_xpixmap:123)
This pixmap is undefined. It can happen for exemple for a window that
is in a minimized state when the dock is launching. --------------------

However I think you are right, this is the reason I'm having problems
with Cairo Dock in general. Any ideas?

Hi
I think you will find the .cario-dock directory is owned by root user
since you ran the su command (probably in you home directory). To check
run the following;

Code:

ls -la .cairo-dock/

If the owner is root, then at this point I would just move it as root,
then run cairo-dock as your user;

Code:

sudo mv mv .cairo-dock/ orig_cairo-dock
cairo-dock &
exit

Note, you will need to reconfigure

If it all runs ok then remove the orig one;

Code:

sudo rm -Rf orig_cairo-dock

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**sdibias** · 19-Oct-2008, 18:07

Ok I did ALT+F2 and ran cairo-dock and it finally started under my credntials, I will verify that it starts autmatically in a few minutes. Thanks for your help