Conky not auto-starting

[Al1000]

Hi,

I just bought a new laptop and installed Kubuntu 16.04, and am trying to get Conky to autostart. My script starts Conky no problem when I execute it in a terminal.

./.config/autostart/conky_autostart

Script:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 3 && conky

The script also shows up in System Settings --> Startup and Shutdown, which says it is "Enabled" for "Startup."

Does anyone have any idea why Conky is not auto-starting?

[wizard10000]

I think we've all had this issue to some extent.

The way I resolved it was to save a session with conky running and set KDE to restore a saved session on startup. It's a workaround, but it worked for me.

[Al1000]

I prefer to start with an empty session. The following does the trick; will mark the thread solved.

al@laptop:~$ cat .config/autostart/conky.desktop 
[Desktop Entry]
Exec=sleep 3 && conky
Hidden=false
Icon=system-run
Path=
Terminal=false
Type=Application

[Snowhog]

Thank you Al1000. I've had trouble getting my conky to autostart for quite some time now, and basically just gave up, launching it manually after my Desktop loaded. I tried all sorts of things.

I created a conky.desktop matching yours, with the exception that I need a much bigger sleep value; I'm using 30. I've logged out/rebooted several times 'to test', and every time conky autostarts after the Desktop is presented. I'm a happy camper again.