"Start Syncthing-GTK when I login to my desktop" won't stay checked on Fedora 27

[tristanbrown]

In the UI Settings, when I check the box "Start Syncthing-GTK when I login to my desktop" and click "Save," the program never starts on login. When I return to that option in the UI Settings, the box is once again unchecked.

[kozec]

Can you check if Syncthing-GTK.desktop file is correctly created in ~/.config/autostart? Does it contain "hidden=true" value? There is chance that another configuration tool is disabling autostart, maybe even intentionally :)

Assuming you are running Gnome, going to "Startup applications" and enabling or adding Syncthing-GTK there may be best way to make sure it stays.

[tristanbrown]

Syncthing-GTK.desktop has Hidden=false and X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true.

I tried adding it to the "Startup applications," but it clears every time I reboot.

[martinrotter]

Same on Archlinux.

[kozec]

Same on Archlinux.

Distro shouldn't really play role here, desktop environment should. What are you and @tristanbrown using?

[martinrotter]

MATE here. Autorun .desktop file seems to get created correctly and app autostarts after reboot. Its just visual thing here that the checkbox is not checked altough it should be.

[ghost]

It seems that the \n at the end of the line is the problem. So line 454 in tools.py is always false.

[tristanbrown]

For me, it's definitely not running on reboot. In fact, I have to execute the binary twice each time to get it to actually run. Why would this happen?

[ghost]

This file as .config/autostart/Syncthing-GTK.desktop works for me on Ubuntu 17.10. Only the checkbox is not working.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Syncthing-GTK
Exec=/usr/bin/syncthing-gtk
Icon=/usr/share/syncthing-gtk/icons/st-logo-128.png
Comment=GUI for Syncthing
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Hidden=false
Type=Application