[NTLUG:Discuss] Distro Advice

[Ralph Green]

On 8/31/12, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 02:15:47PM -0500, Ralph Green wrote:
>> Whenever I log in, I have 2 programs launch that I don't want to
>> launch.  One is the synaptics trackpad manager.  It always gives me an

> Under Kubuntu 12.04, perhaps check
>   System settings -> Startup and Shutdown -> Autostart
> and see if the applications appear there; if so, remove them.
 There was nothing here other than a script to set the theme.

> While there, I always go to the "Session Management" option
> and select "Start with an empty session", so that KDE doesn't
> try to restore whatever I had open at the last shutdown.
  This solved it.  Subsequent startups have not brought up the
two time wasters.  So, even though I always shut them down,
they were still marked as needing to be restarted.  No longer a
problem, but still a curious thing.

> Pm
>
Thank you, Patrick.  Somehow, removing these little irritations
makes KDE on Ubuntu more pleasant to use again.
Have a great day,
Ralph