[xubuntu-users] How to get process to start with GUI login and exit on GUI logout?

[Knute Johnson]

On 1/31/22 14:50, Chris Green wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 02:22:15PM -0600, Knute Johnson wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 1/31/22 06:30, Chris Green wrote:
>>> I have a background process that I want to start when I log into my
>>> xfce session and I want it to exit when I log out of the session.
>>>
>>> I thought that adding it to the list in the Session & Startup settings
>>> would do this but the process doesn't exit when I log out from the
>>> xfce session.  If I log out and then log back in to xfce I get
>>> multiple copies of my process.
>>>
>>> So, is there an easy/correct way to do this or do I need to add code
>>> to my background process to manage things?
>>>
>>
>> Use a .desktop file. See: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html
>>
>> This is the simple way to start/stop a program when your desktop runs. You
>> put the file in your ~/.config/autostart directory.  When you log in it runs
>> and when you log out it stops.
>>
> That's exactly how my background script is already run, and it doesn't
> stop when I log out.
> 
> 
>> Pretty good explanation here:
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Desktop_entries
>>
> Doesn't tell me how to stop the process on exit! :-)
> 

So exactly how are you starting your "process" now?  What sort of 
program is it?  Is it being run by you or ?

You are probably going to have to start it with systemd.


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Knute Johnson