.desktop files in /etc/xdg/autostart are not initialized

[fulalas]

Is there any trick to make .desktop files in /etc/xdg/autostart initialize in a non-systemd distro? At the moment nothing runs. When I try to use xdg-open [desktopFile] it opens it in cosmic-edit instead of running it. The .desktop files are valid because they run in other DEs.

Because my pipewire daemon is in /etc/xdg/autostart, I have no sound. If I initialize my daemon manually, the sound works, incluing COSMIC tray icon.

Tested with current master in PorteuX distro.

[vadorovsky]

Hitting the same issue on Gentoo with OpenRC. I have an XDG autostart service for pipewire:

 cat /etc/xdg/autostart/pipewire.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name[de]=PipeWire Mediensystem
Name=PipeWire Media System
Comment[de]=Das PipeWire Mediensystem starten
Comment=Start the PipeWire Media System
Exec=/usr/bin/gentoo-pipewire-launcher restart
Terminal=false
Type=Application
X-GNOME-HiddenUnderSystemd=true
X-KDE-HiddenUnderSystemd=true
X-systemd-skip=true

Which works fine for Plasma, but COSMIC doesn't start it.

Runnig the command (/usr/bin/gentoo-pipewire-launcher restart) manually makes my sound work, including the COSMIC settings and applet.

I will try digging into the code, but it would be very helpful to know whether COSMIC relies somehow on systemd to run XDG autostarts.

[fulalas]

Any news on this?

COSMIC is not usable without implementing this basic feature.

[Sn0whax]

Any news on this?

COSMIC is not usable without implementing this basic feature.

Got it working on Arch/Cosmic:

/etc/xdg/autostart/com.github.wwmm.easyeffects.desktop

Contents:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=EasyEffects
Comment=EasyEffects Service
Exec=flatpak run com.github.wwmm.easyeffects --gapplication-service
Icon=easyeffects
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Type=Application

reboot and do a "flatpak ps" should see it running.