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start up applications and closing to "system tray"

Asked by bizres on 2007-03-15

Hi,

I need Skype, Gaim and Ekiga softphone to startup on boot. I did go to System > Preferences > Sessions > Startup Programs > Add, but I do not know the locations for these programs, so I do not know where to browse for their application files.

Secondly, initially when I had the Panel at the top, closing these applications would take them to the top panel as small little icons which I could just open with a mouseclick. For additional screen space, I closed the top panel hoping these apps would now just minimize to "system tray" to the bottom panel upon closing, but now what happens is, that the applications close completely if I close them. How do I reactivate the feature to minimize to "system tray" upon closing the application.

Regards.

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Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Solved

For:: Ubuntu Edit question

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Solved by:: bizres

Solved:: 2007-03-16

Last query:: 2007-03-16

Last reply:: 2007-03-15

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Alexandros Tsourakis (alex.tsr) said on 2007-03-15:

Hi,

In order to find the location of the executable of a program the fastest way is to open a terminal and do ('$' is the prompt symbol, you don't type it):

$ which ekiga

and the output will be, in our case,

$ /usr/bin/ekiga

Just remember that 'which' only finds executables, which in *most* cases will have the same name as the program.

Now, as for the second issue, my guess is that somehow you removed the "system tray" or "notification area" as it is known in Gnome. To restore it click on the panel, select Add to Panel and then double click the notification area icon (it's located near the bottom or you can you use the search field)

Cheers, Alex.

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