Launch Calibre on Linux Reboot

anleva · 01-07-2017, 12:47 PM

Any idea on how to launch Calibre on Linux reboot?

I tried adding @reboot calibre --detach in my crontab but calibre doesn't launch so that didn't work.

Thanks

kovidgoyal · 01-07-2017, 01:13 PM

You cant launch graphical programs from cron, as cron does not inherit the X environment. You want to start the calibre GUI on reboot you should add it to the startup programs settings of whatever desktop environment you are using.

anleva · 01-07-2017, 03:59 PM

Thank you.

So I did add it to the startup programs in Ubuntu Unity and it started, but it launches with the app open. Anyway to launch it minimized in Linux? I put the command /usr/bin/calibre --start-in-tray and it launched on reboot, but not minimized.

kovidgoyal · 01-08-2017, 12:31 AM

You have to also enable the system tray icon in Preferences->Look & Feel

However that will start in the system tray. If you want to start minimized, you have to use whatever facilities your window manager provides for starting minmized, for example, on KDE one would use kstart -- no idea what the equivalent on unity is.

01-07-2017, 12:47 PM	#1
anleva Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Launch Calibre on Linux Reboot Any idea on how to launch Calibre on Linux reboot? I tried adding @reboot calibre --detach in my crontab but calibre doesn't launch so that didn't work. Thanks

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01-07-2017, 01:13 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You cant launch graphical programs from cron, as cron does not inherit the X environment. You want to start the calibre GUI on reboot you should add it to the startup programs settings of whatever desktop environment you are using.

01-07-2017, 03:59 PM	#3
anleva Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thank you. So I did add it to the startup programs in Ubuntu Unity and it started, but it launches with the app open. Anyway to launch it minimized in Linux? I put the command /usr/bin/calibre --start-in-tray and it launched on reboot, but not minimized.

01-08-2017, 12:31 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You have to also enable the system tray icon in Preferences->Look & Feel However that will start in the system tray. If you want to start minimized, you have to use whatever facilities your window manager provides for starting minmized, for example, on KDE one would use kstart -- no idea what the equivalent on unity is.

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