AllTray - FAQ

Alltray - FAQ:

Autostart/Session management:

Session management is not (yet) supported by alltray. Start the programs like that:

create a text file, example:

#!/bin/bash

#thunderbird mail client
alltray mozilla-thunderbird &

#browser with start page set to German-English dictionary (www.leo.org)
alltray mozilla -i /usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-question.png &

#xmms
alltray xmms &

#calculator
alltray gcalctool &

name it "startme"

"chmod +x startme" to make it executable
KDE:

put this script in /home/user/.kde/Autostart

go to "Session Manager" in "Control Center"; Select "Restore manually saved session" or
"Start with empty session"

Gnome:

put this script somewhere
go to: "System->Preferences->Sessions"
in Tab "Startup Programs" add this script to "Additional startup programs", default Order is OK (50)
in Tab "Session options" disable "Automatically save changes to session"

App XY do not dock (or do some other weird thing):

Try to disable splash window (openoffice: alltray "openoffice -nologo")

Start program directly: some apps are launched with a script, launch the app direct instead.

example Firefox (Fedora Core):

                "firefox" is a script which do what ever before it finally execute
                 "/usr/lib/firefox-0.10.1/run-mozilla.sh /usr/lib/firefox-0.10.1/firefox-bin"
                 execute this with alltray: "alltray /usr/lib/firefox-0.10.1/run-mozilla.sh /usr/lib/firefox-0.10.1/firefox-bin"
                 (use "ps aux" to find out what exactly is launched)

Make sure the window manager/desktop you are using is supported by alltray

Drag and drop is not working:
- It works only with Gnome and KDE.