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Autostart XBMC at boot

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I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 desktop 64-bit. I've installed the latest version of XBMC (Eden). Everything seems to be working great.

The only small issue I'm running into is that I can't figure out how to make XBMC launch automatically on boot/restart. In the 'Startup Applications Preferences' dialog in Ubuntu I have added a new launcher with the command

/usr/bin/xbmc

and ticked the checkbox next to it. When I restart though XBMC doesn't launch. I know this is the correct path because I ran

which xbmc

in the Terminal to confirm it.

Am I doing something really stupid here? How come XBMC won't launch automatically? It works fine if I click its icon in the dock.

Many thanks,

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answered 1 Year ago trousransla · Accepted Answer

Run:

gedit ~/.config/autostart/xbmc.desktop

write in file

[Desktop Entry]

Type=Application

Exec=xbmc -d 5 --standalone -fs

Hidden=false

NoDisplay=false

X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true

Name[en_En]=xbmc

Name=xbmc

Comment[en_En]=

Comment=

save file and restart system.

XBMC will start with five second delay, in standalone mode and full screen mode.