Disable automatic launch of Openoffice at startup

gustav · 31 October 2023 06:26

Hi!
Apache Openoffice (AOO) automatically launches at startup.
There is a “Startup Applications” option, but I’ve checked it and AOO is not listed among them.

I’ve seen a solution about using the Memory option in AOO (In AOO it’s in “Tools > Options > OO > Memory”) and a bottom check box, but I don’t see any checkbox on my AOO version 4.1.14.

I made a search for any .desktop files but the ones I found related to AOO are in /usr/share/applications/ and /opt/openoffice4/share/xdg. So they don’t seem to trigger this automatic launch (like they would if they were in ~/.config/autostart and /etc/xdg/autostart).

Thanks a lot in advance!

soundofthunder · 31 October 2023 06:41

I’m guessing that you might be able to manage autostart entries using gnome-tweaks:

sudo pacman -S gnome-tweaks

gustav · 31 October 2023 12:10

Thanks. I’ve installed it and runned it: the tab for “Startup Applications” is empty.

koshikas · 31 October 2023 12:40

i’m not sure how it used to work anymore, but in GDM, is it capable of restoring old sessions. if so maybe it is restoring an old session where it was saved with AOO open

Mirdarthos · 31 October 2023 12:56

From this page on their forum:

I cannot get Quick Start out of the start up list.

And I’ve read a couple of times. Apparently it’s a known bug.

An alternative would be LibreOffice, which if a fork of OpenOffice.

soundofthunder · 31 October 2023 14:35

Did you install OpenOffice from the AUR?

I would strongly support the suggestion by @Mirdarthos to use LibreOffice instead. Here’s why:

If OpenOffice was installed from the AUR, it is officially unsupported in Manjaro.
LibreOffice is based on OpenOffice, and being more popular, it also benefits from more regular security updates, etc. It also has a greater support system, and availability of useful plugins.
LibreOffice exists in Arch/Manjaro repositories, and is therefore easier to install and maintain in a Manjaro environment. With such a comparatively larger user-base, help is also easier to find.
LibreOffice also looks nicer than OpenOffice; in my opinion.

sudo pacman -S libreoffice

Mirdarthos · 31 October 2023 14:39

From their own website even:

Edit:

gustav · 31 October 2023 14:40

I used LibreOffice, but it’s too heavy for my system.
@Mirdarthos The link you provided is for the Windows version, so I’m not sure it’s the same bug for Linux.
How can a program start itself at startup without the system being aware of it? That’s strange.

bedna · 31 October 2023 14:45

Isn’t Open Office the one that haven’t been updated for YEARS?
They SAY they update, but all they do is change comments in the code and push, ie NOTHING has been updated for YEARS!

Not sure you want to use this software.

Edit
I just realized that was what @Mirdarthos was going for with that picture.

Mirdarthos · 31 October 2023 14:46

I am aware. It’s also from 2012. Just to show that it might have been like this for some time.

It might be. It might not. We don’t know. Again,

You can always try libreoffice-still:

pamac install libreoffice-still

soundofthunder · 31 October 2023 15:03

Yes, that’s the one.

Here’s another alternative:

A special offer is available for Manjaro users.

As I don’t (and won’t) have OpenOffice installed to test with, I have no solution for you.

Good luck.

Aragorn · 31 October 2023 15:23

Look at /etc/xdg/autostart. It probably has a .desktop file in there. And if not, check whether it has a systemd service or init script that starts it.

You also still haven’t told us how you installed it. It’s not in the repo, so either you installed it from the AUR or from their own website. Or is it a Snap/FlatPak?

gustav · 1 November 2023 05:58

Thanks for your help:

Look at /etc/xdg/autostart.

$ ls /etc/xdg/autostart
at-spi-dbus-bus.desktop
baloo_file.desktop
caribou-autostart.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-a11y-settings.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-automount.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-background.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-clipboard.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-color.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-housekeeping.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-keyboard.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-media-keys.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-power.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-print-notifications.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-screensaver-proxy.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-smartcard.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-wacom.desktop
cinnamon-settings-daemon-xsettings.desktop
geoclue-demo-agent.desktop
gnome-keyring-pkcs11.desktop
gnome-keyring-secrets.desktop
gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop
nm-applet.desktop
pamac-tray-budgie.desktop
pamac-tray.desktop
print-applet.desktop
pulseaudio.desktop
warpinator-autostart.desktop
xapp-sn-watcher.desktop

if not, check whether it has a systemd service or init script that starts it.

This is what I get:

$ systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled
cronie.service                              enabled         disabled
earlyoom.service                            enabled         disabled
getty@.service                              enabled         enabled
ModemManager.service                        enabled         disabled
NetworkManager-dispatcher.service           enabled         disabled
NetworkManager.service                      enabled         disabled
systemd-boot-update.service                 disabled        enabled
systemd-fsck-root.service                   enabled-runtime disabled
systemd-homed.service                       disabled        enabled
systemd-network-generator.service           disabled        enabled
systemd-networkd-wait-online.service        disabled        enabled
systemd-networkd.service                    disabled        enabled
systemd-pstore.service                      disabled        enabled
systemd-remount-fs.service                  enabled-runtime disabled
systemd-resolved.service                    disabled        enabled
systemd-timesyncd.service                   enabled         enabled
tlp.service                                 enabled         disabled
systemd-journald-audit.socket               disabled        enabled
systemd-userdbd.socket                      disabled        enabled
machines.target                             disabled        enabled
reboot.target                               disabled        enabled
remote-cryptsetup.target                    disabled        enabled
remote-fs.target                            enabled         enabled

I’e done this also:

$ ls /lib/systemd/system/*.service /etc/systemd/system/*.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.bluez.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service
/etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service
/etc/systemd/system/rsync_shutdown.service
/lib/systemd/system/accounts-daemon.service
/lib/systemd/system/acpid.service
/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.service
/lib/systemd/system/alsa-state.service
/lib/systemd/system/archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service
/lib/systemd/system/arptables.service
/lib/systemd/system/auditd.service
/lib/systemd/system/auth-rpcgss-module.service
/lib/systemd/system/autovt@.service
/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service
/lib/systemd/system/avahi-dnsconfd.service
/lib/systemd/system/blk-availability.service
/lib/systemd/system/btrfs-scrub@.service
/lib/systemd/system/canberra-system-bootup.service
/lib/systemd/system/canberra-system-shutdown-reboot.service
/lib/systemd/system/canberra-system-shutdown.service
/lib/systemd/system/colord.service
/lib/systemd/system/configure-printer@.service
/lib/systemd/system/console-getty.service
/lib/systemd/system/container-getty@.service
/lib/systemd/system/cpupower.service
/lib/systemd/system/cronie.service
/lib/systemd/system/cups-lpd@.service
/lib/systemd/system/cups.service
/lib/systemd/system/cxl-monitor.service
/lib/systemd/system/daxdev-reconfigure@.service
/lib/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service
/lib/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.import1.service
/lib/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.locale1.service
/lib/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.login1.service
/lib/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.machine1.service
/lib/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.portable1.service
/lib/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service
/lib/systemd/system/dbus.service
/lib/systemd/system/debug-shell.service
/lib/systemd/system/dhclient@.service
/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd.service
/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd@.service
/lib/systemd/system/dm-event.service
/lib/systemd/system/dmraid.service
/lib/systemd/system/dnsmasq.service
/lib/systemd/system/e2scrub_all.service
/lib/systemd/system/e2scrub_fail@.service
/lib/systemd/system/e2scrub_reap.service
/lib/systemd/system/e2scrub@.service
/lib/systemd/system/earlyoom.service
/lib/systemd/system/ebtables.service
/lib/systemd/system/emergency.service
/lib/systemd/system/fancontrol.service
/lib/systemd/system/fsidd.service
/lib/systemd/system/fstrim.service
/lib/systemd/system/ftpd.service
/lib/systemd/system/geoclue.service
/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service
/lib/systemd/system/git-daemon@.service
/lib/systemd/system/gpm.service
/lib/systemd/system/gssproxy.service
/lib/systemd/system/haveged-once.service
/lib/systemd/system/haveged.service
/lib/systemd/system/healthd.service
/lib/systemd/system/hplip-printer@.service
/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service
/lib/systemd/system/initrd-cleanup.service
/lib/systemd/system/initrd-parse-etc.service
/lib/systemd/system/initrd-switch-root.service
/lib/systemd/system/initrd-udevadm-cleanup-db.service
/lib/systemd/system/ip6tables.service
/lib/systemd/system/iptables.service
/lib/systemd/system/irexec.service
/lib/systemd/system/jdownloader.service
/lib/systemd/system/kmod-static-nodes.service
/lib/systemd/system/krb5-kadmind.service
/lib/systemd/system/krb5-kdc.service
/lib/systemd/system/krb5-kpropd.service
/lib/systemd/system/krb5-kpropd@.service
/lib/systemd/system/ldconfig.service
/lib/systemd/system/lircd.service
/lib/systemd/system/lircd-setup.service
/lib/systemd/system/lircd-uinput.service
/lib/systemd/system/lircmd.service
/lib/systemd/system/lm_sensors.service
/lib/systemd/system/logrotate.service
/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmpolld.service
/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-monitor.service
/lib/systemd/system/man-db.service
/lib/systemd/system/mdadm-grow-continue@.service
/lib/systemd/system/mdadm-last-resort@.service
/lib/systemd/system/mdcheck_continue.service
/lib/systemd/system/mdcheck_start.service
/lib/systemd/system/mdmonitor-oneshot.service
/lib/systemd/system/mdmonitor.service
/lib/systemd/system/mdmon@.service
/lib/systemd/system/mkinitcpio-generate-shutdown-ramfs.service
/lib/systemd/system/ModemManager.service
/lib/systemd/system/modprobe@.service
/lib/systemd/system/ndctl-monitor.service
/lib/systemd/system/netctl-auto@.service
/lib/systemd/system/netctl-ifplugd@.service
/lib/systemd/system/netctl.service
/lib/systemd/system/netctl@.service
/lib/systemd/system/netctl-sleep.service
/lib/systemd/system/netctl-wait-online.service
/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service
/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-wait-online.service
/lib/systemd/system/nfs-blkmap.service
/lib/systemd/system/nfsdcld.service
/lib/systemd/system/nfs-idmapd.service
/lib/systemd/system/nfs-mountd.service
/lib/systemd/system/nfs-server.service
/lib/systemd/system/nfs-utils.service
/lib/systemd/system/nfsv4-exportd.service
/lib/systemd/system/nfsv4-server.service
/lib/systemd/system/nftables.service
/lib/systemd/system/nm-priv-helper.service
/lib/systemd/system/ntpdate.service
/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service
/lib/systemd/system/openvpn-client@.service
/lib/systemd/system/openvpn-server@.service
/lib/systemd/system/paccache.service
/lib/systemd/system/pacman-filesdb-refresh.service
/lib/systemd/system/pamac-cleancache.service
/lib/systemd/system/pamac-daemon.service
/lib/systemd/system/pamac-mirrorlist.service
/lib/systemd/system/pamac-offline-upgrade.service
/lib/systemd/system/pam_namespace.service
/lib/systemd/system/pcscd.service
/lib/systemd/system/pkgfile-update.service
/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service
/lib/systemd/system/ppp@.service
/lib/systemd/system/quotaon.service
/lib/systemd/system/rescue.service
/lib/systemd/system/rfkill-block@.service
/lib/systemd/system/rfkill-unblock@.service
/lib/systemd/system/rlogin@.service
/lib/systemd/system/rpcbind.service
/lib/systemd/system/rpc-gssd.service
/lib/systemd/system/rpc-statd-notify.service
/lib/systemd/system/rpc-statd.service
/lib/systemd/system/rsh@.service
/lib/systemd/system/rsyncd.service
/lib/systemd/system/rsyncd@.service
/lib/systemd/system/rtkit-daemon.service
/lib/systemd/system/saned@.service
/lib/systemd/system/sensord.service
/lib/systemd/system/serial-getty@.service
/lib/systemd/system/shadow.service
/lib/systemd/system/smartd.service
/lib/systemd/system/snmpd.service
/lib/systemd/system/snmptrapd.service
/lib/systemd/system/sshdgenkeys.service
/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service
/lib/systemd/system/sudo_logsrvd.service
/lib/systemd/system/svnserve.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-ask-password-console.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-ask-password-wall.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-backlight@.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-battery-check.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-binfmt.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-bless-boot.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-boot-check-no-failures.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-boot-random-seed.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-boot-update.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-confext.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-coredump@.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-exit.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-firstboot.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-fsck-root.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-fsck@.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-growfs-root.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-growfs@.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-halt.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-hibernate.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-homed-activate.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-homed.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-hostnamed.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-hwdb-update.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-hybrid-sleep.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-importd.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-journal-catalog-update.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-journald.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-journald@.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-journal-flush.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-journal-gatewayd.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-journal-remote.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-journal-upload.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-kexec.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-localed.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-logind.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-machined.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-machine-id-commit.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-modules-load.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online@.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-network-generator.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-nspawn@.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-oomd.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-pcrfs-root.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-pcrfs@.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-pcrmachine.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-pcrphase-initrd.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-pcrphase.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-pcrphase-sysinit.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-portabled.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-poweroff.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-pstore.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-quotacheck.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-random-seed.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-reboot.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-remount-fs.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-repart.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-rfkill.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-soft-reboot.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-suspend.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-sysctl.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-sysext.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-sysupdate-reboot.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-sysupdate.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-sysusers.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timedated.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-time-wait-sync.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-udevd.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-udev-settle.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-udev-trigger.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-update-done.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-update-utmp.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-userdbd.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-user-sessions.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-vconsole-setup.service
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-volatile-root.service
/lib/systemd/system/system-update-cleanup.service
/lib/systemd/system/talk.service
/lib/systemd/system/teamd@.service
/lib/systemd/system/telnet@.service
/lib/systemd/system/timidity.service
/lib/systemd/system/tlp.service
/lib/systemd/system/udisks2.service
/lib/systemd/system/updatedb.service
/lib/systemd/system/upower.service
/lib/systemd/system/usb_modeswitch@.service
/lib/systemd/system/usbmuxd.service
/lib/systemd/system/user-runtime-dir@.service
/lib/systemd/system/user@.service
/lib/systemd/system/uuidd.service
/lib/systemd/system/wacom-inputattach@.service
/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant-nl80211@.service
/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant.service
/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant@.service
/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant-wired@.service
/lib/systemd/system/xfs_scrub_all.service
/lib/systemd/system/xfs_scrub_fail@.service
/lib/systemd/system/xfs_scrub@.service

It’s not in the repo, so either you installed it from the AUR or from their own website.

from AUR. As described in Apache OpenOffice - ArchWiki

Mirdarthos · 1 November 2023 07:08

Maybe you’ll be able to find it with Cinnamon Control Center:

pamac install cinnamon-control-center

Or checking with gnome-tweaks? AFAIK It works on both Gnome and Cinnamon, since Cinnamon is a fork of Gnome:

pamac install gnome-tweaks

cscs · 1 November 2023 07:12

pacman -Ql openoffice-bin

soundofthunder · 1 November 2023 07:14

As stated in that same ArchWiki page:

Note: Official support for Apache OpenOffice was dropped in favor of
LibreOffice, the “Document Foundation” fork of the project, which also includes enhancements and additional features.

See Dropping Oracle OpenOffice (arch-general) (2011).

This suggests the version you are using is not officially supported by ArchLinux (and certainly not by Manjaro) – LibreOffice is the replacement.
Please, be aware of this complication, going forward.

Is LibreOffice-Still (for conservative users) not an option for you?.

Aragorn · 1 November 2023 07:23

Then the only thing I can still think of is that you have Cinnamon load a saved session on login, and that this saved session had OpenOffice running when you saved it. There is no other explanation.

gustav · 1 November 2023 09:01

This is what I get: cinnamon - Pastebin.com

Mirdarthos · 1 November 2023 09:07

What is the output of:

ls -l $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cinnamon-session/saved-session/

gustav · 1 November 2023 09:12

Maybe you’ll be able to find it with Cinnamon Control Center

I have installed it. Then running cinnamon-settings, I can see different tiles like “Startup applications” but the program Openoffice is not listed among them.

Or checking with gnome-tweaks?

Gnome-tweaks doesn’t show any applications:

Cinnamon load a saved session on login,

How can I check this? I don’t have any session manager AFAIK like dconf-editor.