How can I make Shutter open at startup?

Question

How can i make the application, Shutter (takes screenshots) open at startup? I know about sys > prefs > statup applications, but after I go to add what do I fill out the form with? Shutter isn't a command, is it?

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 17 '13 at 18:10

19

For Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04

You can drag and drop the Shutter menu item ^{(Applications ➜ Accessories ➜ Shutter)} into
the Startup Applications window and it will be added to the list of applications that start on login.

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edited Apr 17 '13 at 18:10

Suhaib

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answered Oct 22 '10 at 17:53

Isaiah

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You can drag and drop! Wow thanks for teaching me something today :) – 8128 Oct 23 '10 at 07:06

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 23 '10 at 05:49

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For the command, add shutter --min_at_startup to make it startup minimized.

answered Oct 23 '10 at 05:49

Eugenio Perea

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score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 22 '10 at 17:53

7

Actually, you answered the question yourself. Go to System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications and add a new item with "Shutter" (or something else) as the name and shutter as the command.

answered Oct 22 '10 at 17:53

mniess

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Make sure you put shutter exactly as mniess typed it--all lower-case. – Matthew Oct 22 '10 at 18:06

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

1

Ubuntu 11.10 and Above

Refer to this Question, How do I add/remove the "hidden" startup applications? and specally to this answer to know how to access the startup applications

Then click on ADD and type this command in the CUSTOM field:

sh -c "sleep 50 && shutter --min_at_startup &"

You can change the time of the sleep if you want it to be launched earlier.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

Community

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answered Apr 17 '13 at 17:14

Suhaib

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@ Suhaib (or anybody), why add the sleep? – pjvleeuwen Jul 30 '17 at 17:50
@PaulvanLeeuwen I have an old laptop. command that I wrote launches at login = slow startup. So wait until you finish logging-in then start it – Suhaib Jul 30 '17 at 18:17
Even on a slow machine I would not expect this to be necessary... Interesting. What result did you get when you tried it without the sleep? Did shutter not start at all? Any errors? – pjvleeuwen Jul 30 '17 at 19:28

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 12 '22 at 05:16

I ended up creating bash script, because non of other solutions working for me.

cd ~/.local/bin

Create file shut-ter-auto-launch with contents:

#!/bin/bash
process=shutter
makerun="shutter --min_at_startup"
while true
do
  if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep $process
  then
    break
  else
    nohup $makerun &
  fi
  sleep 5
done
exit

Allow to execute it:

chmod +x shut-ter-auto-launch

Untick "Launch at login" option at Shutter preferences.

Add shut-ter-auto-launch to Startup Applications.

Shutter will launch after any other GUI app is launched.

How can I make Shutter open at startup?

5 Answers5

For Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04

Ubuntu 11.10 and Above

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