Can't start Goldendict to system tray on Kubuntu
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I've just tried out Kubuntu 18.04 and somehow I cannot start Goldendict to system tray on start up. It's so weird because when I run goldendict in terminal or from dash, it starts to system tray without problem. But only on start up it shows the whole window with a very long number (screenshot below).
kubuntu kde indicator system-tray goldendict
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I've just tried out Kubuntu 18.04 and somehow I cannot start Goldendict to system tray on start up. It's so weird because when I run goldendict in terminal or from dash, it starts to system tray without problem. But only on start up it shows the whole window with a very long number (screenshot below).
kubuntu kde indicator system-tray goldendict
edited May 27 at 5:48
karel
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asked May 22 at 10:31
Nguyen Duc Toan
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If you want goldendict to autostart useSystem Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Autostart > Add ProgramIn the GUI that appears, look underEducation > Miscellaneous. I don't know why you see this weird long string in the search box by default. Did you set up your dictionaries correctly? Also, with goldendict not running, have you tried renaming~/.goldendictto~/.goldendict.bakand then startinggoldendict? Perhaps something in your~/.goldendictis corrupted?
– DK Bose
May 22 at 11:09
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Yes, that's the problem. I remove the .goldendict directory and now everything is fine. Except one thing, that it always drops down the File menu everytime it runs, but I can workaround by hiding the menu with Ctrl+M
– Nguyen Duc Toan
May 22 at 15:00
Well, now it happens again, deleting .goldendict only helps one time.
– Nguyen Duc Toan
May 23 at 2:37
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I've just tried out Kubuntu 18.04 and somehow I cannot start Goldendict to system tray on start up. It's so weird because when I run goldendict in terminal or from dash, it starts to system tray without problem. But only on start up it shows the whole window with a very long number (screenshot below).
kubuntu kde indicator system-tray goldendict
edited May 27 at 5:48
karel
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asked May 22 at 10:31
Nguyen Duc Toan
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I've just tried out Kubuntu 18.04 and somehow I cannot start Goldendict to system tray on start up. It's so weird because when I run goldendict in terminal or from dash, it starts to system tray without problem. But only on start up it shows the whole window with a very long number (screenshot below).
kubuntu kde indicator system-tray goldendict
kubuntu kde indicator system-tray goldendict
edited May 27 at 5:48
karel
55.7k11124141
asked May 22 at 10:31
Nguyen Duc Toan
1868
edited May 27 at 5:48
karel
55.7k11124141
asked May 22 at 10:31
Nguyen Duc Toan
1868
edited May 27 at 5:48
karel
55.7k11124141
edited May 27 at 5:48
karel
55.7k11124141
edited May 27 at 5:48
karel
55.7k11124141
55.7k11124141
asked May 22 at 10:31
Nguyen Duc Toan
1868
asked May 22 at 10:31
Nguyen Duc Toan
1868
asked May 22 at 10:31
Nguyen Duc Toan
1868
1868
1
If you want goldendict to autostart useSystem Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Autostart > Add ProgramIn the GUI that appears, look underEducation > Miscellaneous. I don't know why you see this weird long string in the search box by default. Did you set up your dictionaries correctly? Also, with goldendict not running, have you tried renaming~/.goldendictto~/.goldendict.bakand then startinggoldendict? Perhaps something in your~/.goldendictis corrupted?
– DK Bose
May 22 at 11:09
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Yes, that's the problem. I remove the .goldendict directory and now everything is fine. Except one thing, that it always drops down the File menu everytime it runs, but I can workaround by hiding the menu with Ctrl+M
– Nguyen Duc Toan
May 22 at 15:00
Well, now it happens again, deleting .goldendict only helps one time.
– Nguyen Duc Toan
May 23 at 2:37
add a comment |
1
If you want goldendict to autostart useSystem Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Autostart > Add ProgramIn the GUI that appears, look underEducation > Miscellaneous. I don't know why you see this weird long string in the search box by default. Did you set up your dictionaries correctly? Also, with goldendict not running, have you tried renaming~/.goldendictto~/.goldendict.bakand then startinggoldendict? Perhaps something in your~/.goldendictis corrupted?
– DK Bose
May 22 at 11:09
1
Yes, that's the problem. I remove the .goldendict directory and now everything is fine. Except one thing, that it always drops down the File menu everytime it runs, but I can workaround by hiding the menu with Ctrl+M
– Nguyen Duc Toan
May 22 at 15:00
Well, now it happens again, deleting .goldendict only helps one time.
– Nguyen Duc Toan
May 23 at 2:37
1
1
If you want goldendict to autostart use
System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Autostart > Add Program In the GUI that appears, look under Education > Miscellaneous. I don't know why you see this weird long string in the search box by default. Did you set up your dictionaries correctly? Also, with goldendict not running, have you tried renaming ~/.goldendict to ~/.goldendict.bak and then starting goldendict? Perhaps something in your ~/.goldendict is corrupted?– DK Bose
May 22 at 11:09
If you want goldendict to autostart use
System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Autostart > Add Program In the GUI that appears, look under Education > Miscellaneous. I don't know why you see this weird long string in the search box by default. Did you set up your dictionaries correctly? Also, with goldendict not running, have you tried renaming ~/.goldendict to ~/.goldendict.bak and then starting goldendict? Perhaps something in your ~/.goldendict is corrupted?– DK Bose
May 22 at 11:09
1
1
Yes, that's the problem. I remove the .goldendict directory and now everything is fine. Except one thing, that it always drops down the File menu everytime it runs, but I can workaround by hiding the menu with Ctrl+M
– Nguyen Duc Toan
May 22 at 15:00
Yes, that's the problem. I remove the .goldendict directory and now everything is fine. Except one thing, that it always drops down the File menu everytime it runs, but I can workaround by hiding the menu with Ctrl+M
– Nguyen Duc Toan
May 22 at 15:00
Well, now it happens again, deleting .goldendict only helps one time.
– Nguyen Duc Toan
May 23 at 2:37
Well, now it happens again, deleting .goldendict only helps one time.
– Nguyen Duc Toan
May 23 at 2:37
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I got this problem as well. If you dig into it deeper you'd notice goldendict starts (the same wrong way) even being removed from autostart! The only way to stop it from start on login is
- remove from autostart
- kill (not just close into tray, but kill like
pkill goldendict) - relog/reboot
Why? Because the default (before you ever touch the setting) KDE start behavior is "restore previous session" (at least in 18.04)! And when it "restores" previouly running apps it supplies "-session XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXX_XXXXX" argument to those. Try running goldendict -session hello and you'll see it will start not into systray and with "hello" word in the search field. Here is how it did start for me on login and here is what I saw in pstree.
Now to the fix. Go System settings/Startup and Shutdown and set On Login=Start with an empty session.
DONT SET IT TO "RESTORE MANUALLY SAVED SESSION"!!
I tried it and on relog there only was a black screen (probably because I left with Ctrl+Alt+Bksp). To fix that I Ctrl+Alt+F2 to a virtual console and changed loginMode to default in ~/.config/ksmserverrc (it says "default" but the meaning is "empty session").
Thanks for posting your question so I didn't feel lonely dealing with it!
answered Nov 27 at 22:46
Zonmi
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I got this problem as well. If you dig into it deeper you'd notice goldendict starts (the same wrong way) even being removed from autostart! The only way to stop it from start on login is
- remove from autostart
- kill (not just close into tray, but kill like
pkill goldendict) - relog/reboot
Why? Because the default (before you ever touch the setting) KDE start behavior is "restore previous session" (at least in 18.04)! And when it "restores" previouly running apps it supplies "-session XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXX_XXXXX" argument to those. Try running goldendict -session hello and you'll see it will start not into systray and with "hello" word in the search field. Here is how it did start for me on login and here is what I saw in pstree.
Now to the fix. Go System settings/Startup and Shutdown and set On Login=Start with an empty session.
DONT SET IT TO "RESTORE MANUALLY SAVED SESSION"!!
I tried it and on relog there only was a black screen (probably because I left with Ctrl+Alt+Bksp). To fix that I Ctrl+Alt+F2 to a virtual console and changed loginMode to default in ~/.config/ksmserverrc (it says "default" but the meaning is "empty session").
Thanks for posting your question so I didn't feel lonely dealing with it!
answered Nov 27 at 22:46
Zonmi
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I got this problem as well. If you dig into it deeper you'd notice goldendict starts (the same wrong way) even being removed from autostart! The only way to stop it from start on login is
- remove from autostart
- kill (not just close into tray, but kill like
pkill goldendict) - relog/reboot
Why? Because the default (before you ever touch the setting) KDE start behavior is "restore previous session" (at least in 18.04)! And when it "restores" previouly running apps it supplies "-session XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXX_XXXXX" argument to those. Try running goldendict -session hello and you'll see it will start not into systray and with "hello" word in the search field. Here is how it did start for me on login and here is what I saw in pstree.
Now to the fix. Go System settings/Startup and Shutdown and set On Login=Start with an empty session.
DONT SET IT TO "RESTORE MANUALLY SAVED SESSION"!!
I tried it and on relog there only was a black screen (probably because I left with Ctrl+Alt+Bksp). To fix that I Ctrl+Alt+F2 to a virtual console and changed loginMode to default in ~/.config/ksmserverrc (it says "default" but the meaning is "empty session").
Thanks for posting your question so I didn't feel lonely dealing with it!
answered Nov 27 at 22:46
Zonmi
11
add a comment |
up vote
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up vote
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down vote
I got this problem as well. If you dig into it deeper you'd notice goldendict starts (the same wrong way) even being removed from autostart! The only way to stop it from start on login is
- remove from autostart
- kill (not just close into tray, but kill like
pkill goldendict) - relog/reboot
Why? Because the default (before you ever touch the setting) KDE start behavior is "restore previous session" (at least in 18.04)! And when it "restores" previouly running apps it supplies "-session XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXX_XXXXX" argument to those. Try running goldendict -session hello and you'll see it will start not into systray and with "hello" word in the search field. Here is how it did start for me on login and here is what I saw in pstree.
Now to the fix. Go System settings/Startup and Shutdown and set On Login=Start with an empty session.
DONT SET IT TO "RESTORE MANUALLY SAVED SESSION"!!
I tried it and on relog there only was a black screen (probably because I left with Ctrl+Alt+Bksp). To fix that I Ctrl+Alt+F2 to a virtual console and changed loginMode to default in ~/.config/ksmserverrc (it says "default" but the meaning is "empty session").
Thanks for posting your question so I didn't feel lonely dealing with it!
answered Nov 27 at 22:46
Zonmi
11
I got this problem as well. If you dig into it deeper you'd notice goldendict starts (the same wrong way) even being removed from autostart! The only way to stop it from start on login is
- remove from autostart
- kill (not just close into tray, but kill like
pkill goldendict) - relog/reboot
Why? Because the default (before you ever touch the setting) KDE start behavior is "restore previous session" (at least in 18.04)! And when it "restores" previouly running apps it supplies "-session XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXX_XXXXX" argument to those. Try running goldendict -session hello and you'll see it will start not into systray and with "hello" word in the search field. Here is how it did start for me on login and here is what I saw in pstree.
Now to the fix. Go System settings/Startup and Shutdown and set On Login=Start with an empty session.
DONT SET IT TO "RESTORE MANUALLY SAVED SESSION"!!
I tried it and on relog there only was a black screen (probably because I left with Ctrl+Alt+Bksp). To fix that I Ctrl+Alt+F2 to a virtual console and changed loginMode to default in ~/.config/ksmserverrc (it says "default" but the meaning is "empty session").
Thanks for posting your question so I didn't feel lonely dealing with it!
answered Nov 27 at 22:46
Zonmi
11
edited Nov 27 at 23:04
answered Nov 27 at 22:46
Zonmi
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answered Nov 27 at 22:46
Zonmi
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answered Nov 27 at 22:46
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If you want goldendict to autostart use
System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Autostart > Add ProgramIn the GUI that appears, look underEducation > Miscellaneous. I don't know why you see this weird long string in the search box by default. Did you set up your dictionaries correctly? Also, with goldendict not running, have you tried renaming~/.goldendictto~/.goldendict.bakand then startinggoldendict? Perhaps something in your~/.goldendictis corrupted?– DK Bose
May 22 at 11:09
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Yes, that's the problem. I remove the .goldendict directory and now everything is fine. Except one thing, that it always drops down the File menu everytime it runs, but I can workaround by hiding the menu with Ctrl+M
– Nguyen Duc Toan
May 22 at 15:00
Well, now it happens again, deleting .goldendict only helps one time.
– Nguyen Duc Toan
May 23 at 2:37